Ostracoda - Podocopida - Beecherellidae

Full reference: M. B. Forel. 2017. Taxonomic names, in Discovery of a long-term refuge for ostracods (Crustacea) after the end-Permian extinction: a unique Carnian (Late Triassic) fauna from the Mersin Mélange, southern Turkey. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:9-58

Parent taxon: Beecherellidae according to M. B. Forel 2017

Sister taxa: Acanthoscapha, Beecherella, Beecheroscapha, Bulbosohnia, Daleiella, Paraplatyrhomboides, Platyrhomboides, Pronipantex, Pseudorayella, Shidelerites, Tuberoscapha, Ulrichella, Wideneria, Zenkovia

Subtaxa: Gencella taurensis

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Type: Gencella taurensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Kilek section, Kilek-24 (Triassic of Turkey)

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