†family Balticellidae Schallreuter 1968 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Balticellidae

Parent taxon: Metacopina according to M. Mohibullah et al. 2013

See also Liebau 2005, Schallreuter and Hinz-Schallreuter 1999 and Schallreuter and Hinz-Schallreuter 2011

Sister taxa: Healdioidea, Quasillitacea, Steusloffinidae, Thlipsuroidea

Subtaxa: Balticella Monoceratella Stoppex

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Type: Balticella

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Silurian of Estonia (1 collection), Greenland (1)

• Ordovician of Canada (9: Northwest Territories), Norway (1), United States (3: Oklahoma)

Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences

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