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Lycopterocypris
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lycopterocypris MANDELSTAM, 1956
Type Species:
Cypris faba EGGER, 1910
Images
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Fig. 155.2. L. eggeri Mandelstam, Transbaikalia, RV lat., X27 (50)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
NE.Asia (Transbaikalia-Sib.-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
Carapace thin-walled, kidney-like, with maximum height in anterior third (about 0.85 by 0.45 mm); LV larger than RV, anterior end more broadly rounded than posterior, dorsal margin strongly curved, ventral margin nearly straight; RV hinge formed of narrowed valve edge which fits over steplike groove in LV.
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).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lycopterocypris MANDELSTAM, 1956
Type Species:
Cypris faba EGGER, 1910
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 155.2. L. eggeri Mandelstam, Transbaikalia, RV lat., X27 (50)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
NE.Asia (Transbaikalia-Sib.-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
Carapace thin-walled, kidney-like, with maximum height in anterior third (about 0.85 by 0.45 mm); LV larger than RV, anterior end more broadly rounded than posterior, dorsal margin strongly curved, ventral margin nearly straight; RV hinge formed of narrowed valve edge which fits over steplike groove in LV.
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).