Cytherella australoamericana Bertels 1968 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Full reference: A. Bertels. 1968. Micropaleontología y estratigrafía del límite Cretácico-Terciario en Huantraico (Provincia de Neuquén). Ameghiniana V(8):279-295

Belongs to Cytherella according to A. Bertels 1968

Sister taxa: Cytherella (Staringia), Cytherella araucana, Cytherella asperula, Cytherella besrineensis, Cytherella bispinulatus, Cytherella bullata, Cytherella concentrica, Cytherella excavata, Cytherella gambiensis, Cytherella hannai, Cytherella hiwanneensis, Cytherella marlboroensis, Cytherella muensteri, Cytherella nuciformis, Cytherella ovata, Cytherella persensis, Cytherella protuberantis, Cytherella saraballentae, Cytherella sarakundaensis, Cytherella semicatillus, Cytherella submarginata, Cytherella sylverinica, Cytherella sylvesterbradleyi, Cytherella symmetrica, Cytherella symmetrica, Cytherella terminopunctata, Cytherella toarcensis, Cytherella tuberculifera, Cytherella tumidosa, Cytherella turgidula, Cytherella utilis, Cytherella vulgata

Type specimen: FCEN-I-M 202, a carapace. Its type locality is Huantraico (CP-6), which is in a Danian marine limestone in the Roca Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Huantraico (CP-6)

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