Ellipsella calcar Harlton 1928 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kloedenellidae

Alternative combination: Cytherella calcar

Full reference: B. H. Harlton. 1928. Pennsylvanian Ostracods of Oklahoma and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 2(2):132-141

Belongs to Ellipsella according to D. A. Jung Echols and W. B. Creath 1959

See also Harlton 1928

Sister taxa: Oliganisus punctatus, Oliganisus ryozensanensis, Ellipsella distenta

Type specimen: Its type locality is TX Ostra, W of Graham, which is in a Virgilian marine horizon in the Graham Formation of Texas

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at TX Ostra, W of Graham

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