Petrobrasia Krommelbein 1965
- Dataset
- 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
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Ostracoda
- order
- Podocopida
- family
- Cyprididae
- genus
- Petrobrasia
description
Dimensions: Holotype, length 1.09 mm, height 0.65 mm.
description
Fig. 8, 3 a – c 1965 a Petrobrasia? gibbosa n. sp. — Krömmelbein, p. 196 – 197, pl. 15, fig. 21.
diagnosis
Diagnosis: A fairly large species (over 1 mm carapace length) with a smooth carapace surface and a raised dorsal margin like a hump. (Because of strong deviation from the type species of the genus, the species is placed in Petrobrasia only with reservations).
materials_examined
Holotype: Carapace, SMF Xe 5367. Paratypes: 2 carapaces, SMF Xe 5368.