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Primitiopsis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Primitiopsidae

Taxonomy
Primitiopsis is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Primitiopsidae, Primitiopsacea, Primitiopsinae.

It was assigned to Primitiopsidae by Martinsson (1955); to Primitiopsinae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. bassleri, P. bella, P. elegans, P. excavatus, P. minutus, P. punctulifera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Primitiopsis Martinsson p. 19
1961Primitiopsis Benson et al. p. Q186
2002Primitiopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderHollinocopidaHenningsmoen 1965
suborderPrimitiopsicopinaSchallreuer 1986
superfamilyPrimitiopsoidea(Swartz 1936)
familyPrimitiopsidaeSwartz 1936
genusPrimitiopsis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available