Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kellettinidae
Alternative combination: Ulrichia robusta
Full reference: B. Kellett. 1933. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kansas: I. the Aparchitidae, Beyrichiidae, Glyptopleuridae, Kloedenellidae, Kirkbyiidae, and Youngiellidae. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):59-108
Belongs to Kellettina according to A. H. Yuan et al. 2007
See also Kellett 1933
Sister taxa: Kellettina carnica, Kellettina elongata, Kellettina noriyukii, Kellettina reticulata, Kellettina vidriensis
Type specimen: USNM 85449, a carapace. Its type locality is Camp Funston, Geary County, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Wreford Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Kansas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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