Ostracoda taxon details
original description
Apostolescu, V. (1961). Contribution à l´étude paléontologique (Ostracodes) et stratigraphique des bassins Crétacés et tertiaires de l´Afrique occidentale. Revue de l'Institut Francais du Petrole et Annales des Combustibles Liquides, 16 (7-8), 779-867 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Description Anterior end narrow, regularly rounded; posterior end characterized by a small, blunt lobe.
Dorsal edge slightly but regularly arched; ventral edge convex. Valves strongly domed especially in the mid-ventral region.
Lateral face of the valves covered with very numerous round punctuations in more or less concentric rows. In the ventral area, the rows of punctuations are separated by very fine longitudinal striae. Ventral face decorated with longitudinal striae and punctuations. [details]
Diagnosis Carapace strongly domed, fairly regularly ovoid in lateral and dorsal view. Lateral face of valves strongly punctuated and slightly striated in the ventral area; ventral face striated and punctuated in the longitudinal direction. [details]
Dimensions length: 0.60 mm
height: 0.40 mm
width: 0.40 mm [details]
Etymology From Teiskot. [details]
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