Aechmina Jones and Holl 1869 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Aechminidae

Parent taxon: Aechminidae according to K. Lajblová and P. Kraft 2018

See also Benson et al. 1961, Crasquin-Soleau 1997, Schallreuter et al. 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Tilman 1984

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Aechmina choanobasota Aechmina crenulata Aechmina equilateralis Aechmina longioroidea Aechmina reticulata

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (28 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Missouri)

• Couvinien of Australia (1)

• Devonian of Morocco (1), Ukraine (1), United States (6: Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Silurian of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (3), Lithuania (1), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Georgia, New York, Oklahoma)

• Ordovician of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), United States (10: Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio)

Total: 75 collections including 86 occurrences

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