†family Quasillitidae Coryell and Malkin 1936 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Quasillitidae

Parent taxon: Thlipsuracea according to A. H. Yuan and S. Crasquin-Soleau 2007

See also Liebau 2005

Sister taxon: Thlipsuridae

Subtaxa: Absina Costatia Crasquinia Eriella Fascianella Glyphella Graphiadactyllis Graphiadactylloides Jenningsina Quasillites Scalptina

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (59 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (3), Turkey (3)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Yukon), United States (34: Arkansas, California, Indiana, Montana, Tennessee, Virginia)

• Devonian of France (3), Germany (2), Morocco (2), United States (18: Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

Total: 129 collections including 237 occurrences

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