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Bisulcocypris
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cytheracea
Family:
Limnocytheridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bisulcocypris Pinto & SANGUINETTI, 1958
Type Species:
B. pricei
Images
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Fig. 236,1a,b. B. ventrosa (Swain), 1a,b, carapace R , dors., X45 (350). -- Fig. 236,1c-e. *B. pricei, 1c,d, female RV lat., male RV int., 1e, female carapace dors., X50 (274). -- Fig. 237,1. B. minnekahtensis (Roth), Morrison F., USA(S.Dak.), 1a-c, female carapace, L, dors., vent., 1d-f, male carapace L , dors., vent., all X36 (200).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Brazil
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Tithonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
143.1
Description
Similar in shape to Cytheridella, females pyriform in dorsal view but having 2 sulci in anterior half of carapace instead of one, type species with valves reversed, RV larger than LV. Hinge with terminal sockets and projecting bar along median element; adductor scars in vertical row of 4 below middle, antennal and mandibular scars not described; marginal area and canals not described.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cytheracea
Family:
Limnocytheridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bisulcocypris Pinto & SANGUINETTI, 1958
Type Species:
B. pricei
Images
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Fig. 236,1a,b. B. ventrosa (Swain), 1a,b, carapace R , dors., X45 (350). -- Fig. 236,1c-e. *B. pricei, 1c,d, female RV lat., male RV int., 1e, female carapace dors., X50 (274). -- Fig. 237,1. B. minnekahtensis (Roth), Morrison F., USA(S.Dak.), 1a-c, female carapace, L, dors., vent., 1d-f, male carapace L , dors., vent., all X36 (200).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Brazil
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Tithonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
143.1
Description
Similar in shape to Cytheridella, females pyriform in dorsal view but having 2 sulci in anterior half of carapace instead of one, type species with valves reversed, RV larger than LV. Hinge with terminal sockets and projecting bar along median element; adductor scars in vertical row of 4 below middle, antennal and mandibular scars not described; marginal area and canals not described.