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Potamocypris
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridopsinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Potamocypris BRADY, 1870
Type Species:
Bairdia fullua BRADY, 1868
Images
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Fig. 165, 4. *P. fulva (Brady), Rec., Brit.Is., 4a-c, carapace L, R, dors., X80, 4 d, RV int., X80 (53).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Elongate-reniform, compressed, highest medially; dorsum moderately arched, venter concave, terminal margins extended below, posterior slightly narrower, RV strongly overlapping LV dorsally and ventrally; surface densely pitted. [Fresh-water.]
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Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridopsinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Potamocypris BRADY, 1870
Type Species:
Bairdia fullua BRADY, 1868
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 165, 4. *P. fulva (Brady), Rec., Brit.Is., 4a-c, carapace L, R, dors., X80, 4 d, RV int., X80 (53).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Elongate-reniform, compressed, highest medially; dorsum moderately arched, venter concave, terminal margins extended below, posterior slightly narrower, RV strongly overlapping LV dorsally and ventrally; surface densely pitted. [Fresh-water.]