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Cyclocypris

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Cyclocyprididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Cyclocypris Brady & NORMAN, 1889
    Type Species:  
C. globosa (Sars)


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Fossil Image
Fig. 168.4. *C. globosa (Sars), Rec., Eu., 4a,b, carapace L , dors., X50, 4c-e, female carapace L , R , dors., X60 ( 4a,b, 65, 4c-e, 257).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-Asia.-N.Am.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Tert.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Danian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
66.04
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Subovate, tumid, highest medially, dorsum strongly convex, venter straight, anterior margin narrow, truncate above, RV slightly larger than LV; surface smooth, weakly pitted or reticulated. [Fresh-water.]




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