Ostracoda - Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Full reference: B. Kellett. 1933. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kansas: I. the Aparchitidae, Beyrichiidae, Glyptopleuridae, Kloedenellidae, Kirkbyiidae, and Youngiellidae. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):59-108
Parent taxon: Paraparchitidae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chamishaella, Dentoparaparchites, Ochesaarites, Paraparchitella, Paraparchites, Proparaparchites, Samarella, Shemonaella, Shishaella, Shivaella
Subtaxa: Pseudoparaparchites kansanensis Pseudoparaparchites kansensis
Type: Pseudoparaparchites kansanensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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