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
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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