Ostracoda - Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Alternative combination: Leperditia nicklesi
Belongs to Paraparchites according to G. H. Girty 1910
Sister taxa: Paraparchites anxianensis, Paraparchites chenshii, Paraparchites complanatus, Paraparchites cyclopeus, Paraparchites fabula, Paraparchites finiplanus, Paraparchites ganelini, Paraparchites hivachensis, Paraparchites humerosus, Paraparchites inornatus, Paraparchites kansasensis, Paraparchites magnus, Paraparchites marathonensis, Paraparchites orbiculatus, Paraparchites punctatus, Paraparchites sabakajensis, Paraparchites subdistortus, Paraparchites texanus, Paraparchites wapanuckensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Columbia [Warsaw Limestone] (Carboniferous of Illinois)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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