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Dolocythere
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cytheracea
Family:
Pectocytheridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dolocythere MERTENS, 1956
Type Species:
D. rara
Images
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Fig. 246,4. "'D. rara, L.Alb., NW.Ger.; 4a-d, female carapace (holotype) R, L, dors., vent., X75; 4e, RV lat., X75; 4j,g, LV int., RV int., X100; 4h, LV and RV from dorsal side, X100 (250).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret. (Apt.}
Beginning International Stage:
Aptian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
121.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret. (Alb.}
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Carapace with rounded quadrangular outline, long margins converging slightly backwards; surface reticulate. LV hinge with terminal smooth sockets open to interior, between them a smooth bar, RV with smooth hinge furrow, upper portion of anterior and posterior margins thickening into false teeth which fit smooth sockets of LV, no accommodation groove; inner margin and line of concrescence coincident; radial canals 8 to 12 in front, about 6 behind, with some pseudoradial canals which reach outer surface; muscle scars in vertical row of 4, V-shaped scar in front opening forward.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cytheracea
Family:
Pectocytheridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dolocythere MERTENS, 1956
Type Species:
D. rara
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 246,4. "'D. rara, L.Alb., NW.Ger.; 4a-d, female carapace (holotype) R, L, dors., vent., X75; 4e, RV lat., X75; 4j,g, LV int., RV int., X100; 4h, LV and RV from dorsal side, X100 (250).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret. (Apt.}
Beginning International Stage:
Aptian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
121.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret. (Alb.}
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Carapace with rounded quadrangular outline, long margins converging slightly backwards; surface reticulate. LV hinge with terminal smooth sockets open to interior, between them a smooth bar, RV with smooth hinge furrow, upper portion of anterior and posterior margins thickening into false teeth which fit smooth sockets of LV, no accommodation groove; inner margin and line of concrescence coincident; radial canals 8 to 12 in front, about 6 behind, with some pseudoradial canals which reach outer surface; muscle scars in vertical row of 4, V-shaped scar in front opening forward.