Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Full reference: A. Bertels. 1974. Upper Cretaceous (Lower Maastrichtian?) ostracodes from Argentina. Micropaleontology 20(4):385-397
Belongs to Cytherella according to A. Bertels 1974
Sister taxa: Cytherella (Staringia), Cytherella australoamericana, Cytherella besrineensis, Cytherella bispinulatus, Cytherella bullata, Cytherella concentrica, Cytherella excavata, Cytherella gambiensis, Cytherella hannai, Cytherella hiwanneensis, Cytherella marlboroensis, Cytherella nuciformis, Cytherella ovata, Cytherella persensis, Cytherella protuberantis, Cytherella saraballentae, Cytherella sarakundaensis, Cytherella semicatillus, Cytherella submarginata, Cytherella sylverinica, Cytherella sylvesterbradleyi, Cytherella terminopunctata, Cytherella toarcensis, Cytherella tuberculifera, Cytherella tumidosa, Cytherella turgidula, Cytherella utilis, Cytherella vulgata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Northern Cuchilla West Sample NCW-12, which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine claystone in the Jagüel Formation of Argentina
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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