Kegelina: a new limnic ostracod (Cyprideidae, Cypridoidea) genus from the Lower Cretaceous of the Americas and Africa

João Villar de Queiroz Neto; Benjamin Sames; Jean-Paul Colin

doi:10.1666/13-019

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1 July 2014 Kegelina: a new limnic ostracod (Cyprideidae, Cypridoidea) genus from the Lower Cretaceous of the Americas and Africa

João Villar de Queiroz Neto, Benjamin Sames, Jean-Paul Colin

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J. of Paleontology, 88(4):800-813 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1666/13-019

Abstract

The non-marine Lower Cretaceous ostracod genus Kegelina new genus (Cypridoidea, Cyprideidae) is known from South America (Bahia state, eastern Brazil), West Africa (Gabon and ‘Congo'), and North America (Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, U.S.A.). It comprises five species: Kegelina anomala (Peck, 1941) new combination, Kegelina armata (Krömmelbein, 1962) new combination, Kegelina bisculpturata (Wicher, 1959) new combination, Kegelina depressa (Moura, 1972) new combination, and Kegelina kegeli (Wicher, 1959) new combination, all of which having formerly been described as representatives of Cypridea Bosquet, 1852. The closer relationships of Kegelina new genus among the Cyprideidae Martin, 1940 are discussed. Other potential species of Kegelina n. gen. are presumed to occur in northeastern China and Europe but remain to be examined.

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João Villar de Queiroz Neto, Benjamin Sames, and Jean-Paul Colin "Kegelina: a new limnic ostracod (Cyprideidae, Cypridoidea) genus from the Lower Cretaceous of the Americas and Africa," Journal of Paleontology 88(4), 800-813, (1 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.1666/13-019

Accepted: 1 June 2013; Published: 1 July 2014

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