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

PATTERSONCYPRIS Bate, 1972

Type species: Pattersoncypris micropapillosa Bate, 1972

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.