Pattersoncypris, Bate, 1972

Bate, Raymond H., Horne, David J., Horne, Sarah E., Douglas, Lyndsey, Miller, Giles & Lord, Alan R., 2022, Non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of the Early Cretaceous ‘ Pre-Salt’ sediments of Brazil: An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Wicher, Krömmelbein, Krömmelbein & Weber, and Bate, Zootaxa 5098 (1), pp. 1-84 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5098.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:26267A94-CD1E-49CF-9F72-C4E5D8149311
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7114508
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DF87FA-FFCA-4C5C-FF1D-EB916C0EFCA3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pattersoncypris
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PATTERSONCYPRIS Bate, 1972 View in CoL

Type species: Pattersoncypris micropapillosa Bate, 1972 View in CoL

Diagnosis: Cypridinae having oval carapace with acute dorsal hump.

Description: Carapace ovoid in lateral view, convex in dorsal view. Greatest length of carapace passes through medial line. Shell surface smooth; right valve with acutely projecting anterior cardinal angle and concave anterodorsal slope. Hinge adont. Dorsal hump is a development of the anterior part of the hinge separate from the cardinal angle. Left valve slightly larger than right, almost equivalve.