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Pseudoeucypris

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Cyprididae
    Subfamily:  
Cypridinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pseudoeucypris Schneider in Mandelstam et AL., 1957
    Type Species:  
*P. eboris


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Fig. 153,6. *P. eboris, 6a,b, RV lat., dors., X20 (238a).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

SW.Asia (Kazakhstan)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Plio.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Zanclean
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
5.34
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Plio.
    Ending International Stage:  
Piacenzian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
2.58


Description

Carapace elongate, kidney-shaped, swollen, dorsal margin arched, posterior end usually truncate; hinge with sharp edge in RV which fits into groove in LV. Typical are outline and swollen ventral portion. Surface smooth. [Fresh-water.]




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