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Subulacypris

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Pontocyprididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Subulacypris Schneider in Mandelstam et AL., 1957
    Type Species:  
*S. subtilis


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Fig. 172,2. *S. subtilis, RV lat., X63 (238a).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Plio., E.Asia (N.China)


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, not high, irregularly triangular, dorsal margin arched, especially at 0.3 from anterior end, posterior drawn out ventrally, zone of concrescence narrow, with straight pore canals, inner lamella 3 or 4 times broader, hinge with ridge in RV, groove in LV. Surface smooth. Close to Clinocypris but with broader inner lamella in both ends.




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