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Protobuntonia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cytheracea
    Family:  
Trachyleberididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Protobuntonia GREKOFF, 1954
    Type Species:  
P. numidica


Images

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Fig. 265,2a. ·P. numidica; U.Cret.(Senon.), N.Afr. (Alg.); carapace L, X65 (294). -- Fig. 265,2b-d. P. ioruba REYMENT, Paleoc., W.Afr.(Nigeria); 2b, RV lat., X65, 2c.d, RV int. (ant., post.), X240


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

W.Afr.(Nigeria)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Paleoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Danian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
66.04
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Paleoc.
    Ending International Stage:  
Thanetian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
56


Description

Like Buntonia but posterior extremity pointed and anterior marginal pore canals straight, unbranched.




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