Semipetasus Sohn 1954 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Full reference: I. G. Sohn. 1954. Ostracoda from the Permian of the Glass Mountains, Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-A:1-24

Parent taxon: Kirkbyidae according to W. Mette 2010

See also Benson et al. 1961, Fohrer 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Sohn 1954

Sister taxa: Aurikirkbya, Boreokirkbya, Coronakirkbya, Ectodemites, Kirkbya, Kirkbyinae, Nodokirkbya, Parvikirkbya, Reviya, Scutikirkbya, Shleesha, Tubulikirkbya, Villozona

Subtaxa: Semipetasus datianensis Semipetasus signatus

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Type: Semipetasus signatus

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Austria (1 collection), China (3), United States (2: Texas)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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