Dorippe ornatissima Müller, 2006

Dorippe ornatissima Müller, 2006: 41, pl. 1, fig. 1. — Schweitzer et al. 2010: 79. — Hyžný 2016: table 1. — Sasaki 2019: 7775. — Van Bakel et al. 2020: fig. 10.29. — Hyžný & Dulai 2021: 167, fig. 62.6.

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Dorippe ornatissima, from the Middle Miocene (Upper Badenian) marine layers of the Budapest area (Hungary), characterised by a wide carapace, slightly elongated anteriorly, with a rimmed posterior margin, a heavily ornamented dorsal surface, without deep grooves, with the branchial and cardiac regions covered with a set of tubercles of various sizes, could belong to those dorippids with a sculptured and ornamented carapace like the members of the Dorippinae n. stat .. The photograph of the holotype by Hyžný & Dulai (1921: 167, fig. 62.6a) might convince us that it could be a Dorippinae n. stat., with a prominent posterior margin and a distinct strip, but the much rounder carapace makes us somewhat doubtful of this attribution.