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Clinocypris
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Pontocyprididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clinocypris MANDELSTAM, 1956
Type Species:
C. scolia
Images
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Fig. 182,3. *C. scolia, L.Cret., Dzungaria, RV lat., X27 (50).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SW.Asia(Caspian)-NE.Asia (Dzungaria-Mongolia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Shell elongate, subreniform or lanceolate, length about 0.9 mm, height 0.4 mm; LV larger than RV, anterior end high and broadly rounded, posterior pointed and strongly extended below, dorsal margin curved, most convex in anterior third, ventral nearly straight, slightly concave, surface smooth or pitted, RV hinge consisting of narrowed valve edge that fits over benchlike margin of LV. Inner lamellae equally wide at both ends, pore-canal zone narrow, with numerous canals.
References
Mandelstam, M. I., et al., 1956, Ostracoda: All-Union Sci. Res. Geol. Inst. (VSEGEI), Contr. Paleont., new ser., no. 12, Ostracodes, p. 87-144, pl. 19-27, fig. 16-53 (Moscow).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Pontocyprididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clinocypris MANDELSTAM, 1956
Type Species:
C. scolia
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 182,3. *C. scolia, L.Cret., Dzungaria, RV lat., X27 (50).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SW.Asia(Caspian)-NE.Asia (Dzungaria-Mongolia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Shell elongate, subreniform or lanceolate, length about 0.9 mm, height 0.4 mm; LV larger than RV, anterior end high and broadly rounded, posterior pointed and strongly extended below, dorsal margin curved, most convex in anterior third, ventral nearly straight, slightly concave, surface smooth or pitted, RV hinge consisting of narrowed valve edge that fits over benchlike margin of LV. Inner lamellae equally wide at both ends, pore-canal zone narrow, with numerous canals.
References
Mandelstam, M. I., et al., 1956, Ostracoda: All-Union Sci. Res. Geol. Inst. (VSEGEI), Contr. Paleont., new ser., no. 12, Ostracodes, p. 87-144, pl. 19-27, fig. 16-53 (Moscow).