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Ilyocyprimorpha

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Ilyocyprididae
    Subfamily:  
Ilyocypriidinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ilyocyprimorpha MANDELSTAM, 1956
    Type Species:  
I. palustris


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Fossil Image
Fig. 176, 3. *I. palustris, Transbaikalia, 3a,b, LV lat., LV int., 3c,d, hinge of LV and RV, all X43 (50).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

NE.Asia(S.Transbaikalia-Mongolia)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Cret.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Berriasian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
143.1
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Cret.
    Ending International Stage:  
Albian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
100.5


Description

Thick-walled, about 0.9 mm in length, each valve with single obscure, wide, transverse median concavity or sulcus, RV larger than LV, anterior end higher than posterior, ends rounded, dorsal margin fairly straight, ventral margin slightly concave medially




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).


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