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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.
References
Museum or Author Information
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
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
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.