Pruvostina wanlessi Scott and Summerson 1943 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Carbonitidae

Full reference: H. W. Scott and C. H. Summerson. 1943. Non-marine Ostracoda from the Lower Pennsylvanian in the southern Appalachians, and their bearing on intercontinental correlation. American Journal of Science 241(11):653-675

Belongs to Pruvostina according to H. W. Scott and C. H. Summerson 1943

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Univ. of Ill. Paleontology coll. No. x-1705, a carapace. Its type locality is N14, locality 44. Section on WPA road northwest of Newcomb., which is in a Morrowan fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Hance Formation of Tennessee.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at N14, locality 44. Section on WPA road northwest of Newcomb.

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