Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Aechminellidae
Synonym: Balantoides
Full reference: B. H. Harlton. 1933. Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):3-29
Parent taxon: Aechminellidae according to R. Hoare and R. Mapes 2000
See also Benson et al. 1961, Khivintseva 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bicornella, Cornigella, Evlanovia, Mauryella, Milanovskya
Subtaxa: Aechminella bella Aechminella buchanani Aechminella trispinosa Balantoides trilobata
Type: Aechminella trispinosa
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Oklahoma, Wyoming)
• Devonian of France (2), Morocco (2), United States (6: Michigan, Ohio)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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