Afroruggieria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cytheroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Oligostraca Classis: Ostracoda Subclassis: Podocopa Ordo: Podocopida Subordo: Cytherocopina Superfamilia: Cytheroidea

Familia: Trachyleberididae
Genus: Afroruggieria
Species: A. beninensis – A. lekkii – A. nigeriana – A. triangulata

Name

Afroruggieria Keen, 2004

• Gender: feminine
• Status: valid genus
• Type species: Afroruggieria triangulata (Omatsola, 1972) Keen, 2004

Primary references

• Keen, M.C. 2004: The origin of the modern tropical West African marine Ostracod Fauna, with a description of the Ruggieriini n. tribe. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 43 (1-2): 201–216.