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Cypretta

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Cyprididae
    Subfamily:  
Cypridopsinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Cypretta VÁVRA, 1895
    Type Species:  
Cypridopsis (Cypretta) tenticauda


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Fossil Image
Fig. 164,2a,b. *C. tentuicauda (VíVRa), 2a,b, carapace R , dors., X60 (393). -- Fig. 164,2c-e. C. dubiosa (Daday), 2 c, carapace dors., 2d,e, LV int., RV int., X50 (18).


Synonyms

Cypridella


Geographic Distribution

S.Afr.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Greenlandian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
0.01
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Possibly more tumid than Cypridopsis, otherwise differing from that genus in soft parts. [Fresh-water.]




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