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Hemicyprinotus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Cyprididae
    Subfamily:  
Cypridinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Hemicyprinotus Schneider in Mandelstam et AL., 1957
    Type Species:  
H. valvaetumidus


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Fig. 153,2. *H. valvaetumidus: 2a,b, RV lat., dors., X30 (238a).


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Geographic Distribution

China (Sinkiang)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Plio.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Zanclean
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
5.34
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Plio.
    Ending International Stage:  
Piacenzian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
2.58


Description

Carapace elongate, moderately swollen, dorsal margin arched, posterior end vertically truncate or broadly rounded. Surface smooth. [Fresh-water.]




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