Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Polycopidae
Alternative combination: Paraparchites perminutus
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 Discoidella according to D. A. Jung Echols and W. B. Creath 1959
See also Kellett 1933
Sister taxa: Discoidella niculaei, Discoidella spinosa, Discoidella suprapermiana, Discoidella xingyangensis
Type specimen: USNM 85424. Its type locality is South of Missouri River bridge, Fort Leavenworth, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Iatan Formation of Kansas.
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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