†family Oepikiumidae Jaanusson 1957 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Oepikiumidae

Full reference: V. Jaanusson. 1957. Middle Ordovician ostracodes of central and southern Sweden. Bulletin of Geology 37:176-442

Parent taxon: Hollinacea according to V. Jaanusson 1957

Sister taxa: Chilobolbinidae, Egorovellidae, Euprimitidae, Euprimitiidae, Hithidae, Nanopsis, Tetradellidae, Tvaerenellidae

Subtaxa: Oepikium

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Uhaku of Sweden (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Canada (8: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Sweden (4)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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