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
Belongs to Paraparchites according to B. Kellett 1933
Sister taxa: Paraparchites anxianensis, Paraparchites chenshii, Paraparchites complanatus, Paraparchites cyclopeus, Paraparchites fabula, Paraparchites finiplanus, Paraparchites ganelini, Paraparchites hivachensis, Paraparchites humerosus, Paraparchites inornatus, Paraparchites kansasensis, Paraparchites marathonensis, Paraparchites nicklesi, Paraparchites orbiculatus, Paraparchites punctatus, Paraparchites sabakajensis, Paraparchites subdistortus, Paraparchites texanus, Paraparchites wapanuckensis
Type specimen: USNM 85425. Its type locality is Railroad cut just west of Shawnee-Douglas county line, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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