Response to Coimbra (2023) 'Rebuttal of Leite and Do Carmo, 2021'.

This article is a response to the comments raised by Dr. Coimbra (2023) published in this journal, regarding the ostracod taxonomy used by Leite & Do Carmo (2021) as support for the age determination of the Lower Cretaceous Quirico Formation. After the discussion raised by Coimbra (2020), the four species of Cypridea Bosquet, 1852 recovered from the Quirico Formation were carefully revised with focus on their taxonomy and now are classified as: Cypridea hystrix Krommelbein, 1962; Cypridea sp.; Cypridea aff. Cypridea infima Krommelbein & Weber, 1971; Cypridea aff. Cypridea jequiensis Krommelbein & Weber, 1971.