Cytherelloidea patagonica 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 Cytherelloidea according to A. Bertels 1968

Sister taxa: Cytherelloidea buisensis, Cytherelloidea circumscripta, Cytherelloidea denticulata, Cytherelloidea drexlerae, Cytherelloidea ghabounensis, Cytherelloidea jessupensis, Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis, Cytherelloidea pulchella, Cytherelloidea spirocostata

Type specimen: FCEN-LM 203. 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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