†Moorites (ostracod)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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