Wolburgia neocretacea Bertels 1972 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Full reference: A. Bertels. 1972. Ostrácodos de agua dulce del Miembro inferior de la Formación Huantrai-co (Maastrichtiano Inferior), provincia del Neuquén, República Argentina. Ameghiniana IX(2):173-182

Belongs to Wolburgia according to A. Bertels 1972

See also Carignano 2012, Carignano and Varela 2011 and Uliana and Musacchio 1978

Sister taxon: Wolburgia paleocenica

Type specimen: FCEN-LM 531, a carapace (Complete caparace)

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Sierra de Huantraico, Neuquén Basin (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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