Moorites (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Youngiellidae

Parent taxon: Youngiellidae according to J. Song et al. 2019

See also Benson et al. 1961, Ferdinando 2001 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Glyptopleuroides, Permoyoungiella, Youngiella

Subtaxa: Moorites copelandi Moorites irwini Moorites kozuri Moorites minutus Moorites suboblonga

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (14 collections), Azerbaijan (6), China (1), Israel (5), Oman (3)

• Carboniferous of Spain (1), Ukraine (2), United States (11: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Devonian of the Russian Federation (4)

Total: 47 collections including 49 occurrences

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