Ostracoda - Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Full reference: S. Crasquin. 2010. Taxonomic Names, in Ostracods (Crustacea) through the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China: the Meishan stratotype (Zhejiang Province). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(3):331-370
Belongs to Paraparchites according to A. Chitnarin and C. Ketwetsuriya 2021
See also Chitnarin 2012, Crasquin 2010 and Forel et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Paraparchites anxianensis, Paraparchites complanatus, Paraparchites cyclopeus, Paraparchites fabula, Paraparchites finiplanus, Paraparchites ganelini, Paraparchites hivachensis, Paraparchites humerosus, Paraparchites inornatus, Paraparchites kansasensis, Paraparchites magnus, Paraparchites marathonensis, Paraparchites nicklesi, Paraparchites orbiculatus, Paraparchites punctatus, Paraparchites sabakajensis, Paraparchites subdistortus, Paraparchites texanus, Paraparchites wapanuckensis
Type specimen: P6M2389, a carapace
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (22 collections), Iran (4), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Thailand (7)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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