Ostracoda taxon details
original description
Wang, H.; Matzke-Karasz, R.; Horne, D. J.; Zhao, X.; Cao, M.; Zhang, H.; Wang, B. (2020). Exceptional preservation of reproductive organs and giant sperm in Cretaceous ostracods. <em>Proceedings of The Royal Society Biological Sciences.</em> 287: 20201661., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1661 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis "Candonid with a subtriangular carapace, thick-shelled with strong reticulate external ornament. Adult valves each with a prominent external anterolateral node; internally an anteroventral submarginal tooth in the left valve (LV) with the corresponding socket in the right valve, (RV), and two posteroventral submarginal teeth in the LV." [details]
Type locality "Hukawng Valley, Kachin Province, Myanmar; upper Albian–lower Cenomanian" [details]
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