Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Full reference: B. Kellett. 1935. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kanss: III. Bairdiidae (concluded), Cytherellidae, Cypridinidae, Entomoconchidae, Cytheridae, and Cypridae. Journal of Paleontology 9(2):132-166
Belongs to Healdia according to B. Kellett 1935
Sister taxa: Healdia (Healdia), Healdia anterodepressa, Healdia arkonensis, Healdia bradmani, Healdia caneyensis, Healdia carinata, Healdia chapmani, Healdia cincta, Healdia crespinae, Healdia cuneata, Healdia distributa, Healdia gibba, Healdia gregoryi, Healdia irwinensis, Healdia medusaensis, Healdia obtusa, Healdia parallela, Healdia petchorica, Healdia ratra, Healdia rectis, Healdia simplex, Healdia simplicissima, Healdia springsurensis, Healdia unispinosa, Healdia unispinosa, Healdia vidriensis, Healdia westraliaensis, Healdia winfieldensis
Type specimen: USNM 90109. Its type locality is Brick plant cut in field, north of Gage Park, Topeka, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Howard Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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