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Murthya, a new genus of Ostracoda from the Lower Miocene beds of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

S. C. Khosla
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Udaipur, India
S. Mehra
Affiliation:
C-883, Indra Nagar, Lucknow, India
M. L. Nagori
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Udaipur, India

Abstract

Murthya, a new ostracode genus of Cytherinae, is proposed for the species previously described as Leptocythere chadopadiensis Lyubimova and Guha from the Lower Miocene beds of Kachchh District, India. The genus also occurs in the Lower Miocene beds of Saurashtra, Quilon, and Thanjavur.

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