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Paracypria

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Paracyprididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Paracypria SARS, 1910
    Type Species:  
Paracypris tentis SARS, 1905


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Fossil Image
Fig. 181,4. *P. tenuis, Rec., Chatham I., 4a-c, carapace L, dors., RV int., X75 (310).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-Afr.-Chatham I.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Tert.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Danian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
66.04
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Carapace like Paracypris, but with terminal LV overreach. [Brackish- and fresh-water.]




References



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