Cytheropteron inops Bertels 1969 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Full reference: A. Bertels. 1969. Micropaleontología y estratigrafía del límite Cretácico-Terciario en Huantraico (provincia de Neuquén). Ameghiniana VI(4):253-290

Belongs to Cytheropteron according to A. Bertels 1969

Sister taxa: Cytheropteron (Cytheropteron), Cytheropteron (Eocytheropteron), Cytheropteron alafastigatum, Cytheropteron alatum, Cytheropteron bidentinos, Cytheropteron danvillensis, Cytheropteron galericulum, Cytheropteron hyperdictyon, Cytheropteron latissima, Cytheropteron montgomeryensis, Cytheropteron nodosum, Cytheropteron planalatum, Cytheropteron reticuloradiata, Cytheropteron rocanum, Cytheropteron schornikovi, Cytheropteron translimitares

Type specimen: FCEN-LM 295, a carapace (Complete caparace)

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Huantraico (CP-11) (Cretaceous to Paleocene of Argentina)

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