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Paraparchitidae

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Paraparchitidae Scott
1969Paraparchitidae Sohn p. 50
2005Paraparchitidae Liebau p. 120
2007Paraparchitidae Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau p. 174
2008Paraparchitidae Olempska p. 731
2015Paraparchitidae Abushik p. 491
2015Paraparchitidae Zazzali et al. p. 304
2021Paraparchitidae Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya p. 7
2024Paraparchitidae Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. p. 181

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyParaparchitoideaScott 1959
familyParaparchitidaeScott 1959
familyParaparchitidaeScott 1959

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.

Fm. †Paraparchitidae Scott 1959
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G. †Chamishaella Sohn 1971
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†Chamishaella marmariensis Crasquin-Soleau 1998
G. †Dentoparaparchites Kozur 1985
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G. †Ochesaarites Rozhdestvenskaja 1972
G. †Paraparchitella Cooper 1946
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†Paraparchitella ovata Cooper 1946
G. †Paraparchites Ulrich and Bassler 1906
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†Paraparchites chenshii Crasquin 2010
†Paraparchites complanatus Gusseva 1986
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Invalid names: Paraparchites projectus Harris and Jobe 1956 [synonym], Paraparchites robustus Croneis and Gutke 1939 [synonym]
†Paraparchites fabula Cooper 1946
†Paraparchites finiplanus Gründel 1961
†Paraparchites ganelini Molostovskaya 2010
†Paraparchites hivachensis Molostovskaya 2010
†Paraparchites humerosus Ulrich and Bassler 1906
†Paraparchites kansasensis Harris and Lalicker 1932
†Paraparchites magnus Kellett 1933
†Paraparchites marathonensis Hamilton 1942
†Paraparchites nicklesi Ulrich 1891
†Paraparchites punctatus Watabe and Kaesler 2004
†Paraparchites sabakajensis Kotschetkova 1972
†Paraparchites texanus Delo 1930
G. †Proparaparchites Cooper 1941
G. †Pseudoparaparchites Kellett 1933
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G. †Shemonaella Sohn 1971
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†Shishaella cyclopea Girty 1910
†Shishaella hellenensis Crasquin-Soleau 1998
†Shishaella ussuriensis Gramm 1997
G. †Shivaella Sohn 1971
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†Shivaella brazoensis Coryell and Sample 1932
†Shivaella elertensis Chitnarin 2015
†Shivaella zhangi Olempska 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Griesbachian or 471.30000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (296 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2Argentina Paraparchites sp., Chamishaella sp., Proparaparchites sp. (9031)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Paraparchites circulantis (23885 23886)
Adavere438.8 - 433.5Estonia (Saare) Paraparchites decorants (192057) Paraparchites simplex (192058)
Jaani433.5 - 431.2Estonia (Saare) Paraparchites gregarius, Paraparchites sp. (192060)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France Paraparchites sp. G, Paraparchites sp. 1, Paraparchites sp. G prime, Paraparchitidae indet. (38681)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Paraparchites asymmetrica (94047 94048)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15China (Hunan) Paraparchites sp. (40955) Paraparchites sp., Chamishaella fabuloides (40953)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5China Shishaella porrectea (162317)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland Chamishaella sp. (35411)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland (Kostomloty) Chamishaella sp. (162218) Chamishaella sp., Shishaella sp. (162217)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China Shishaella porrectea (162315)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Shivaella nicklesi (6733 6734)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Montana) Paraparchites sp. (123117)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Russian Federation (Komi) Shishaella electa (46574 46575) Shishaella electa, Shishaella alekseevae (46576)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China Shishaella porrectea (162313)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guizhou) Shishaella sp., Shivaella armstrongiana (58462)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Shishaella sp. (38644)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9USA (Nevada) Paraparchites sp. (5751)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Paraparchites sp. (112171 112174)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Illinois) Paraparchites carbonaria, Paraparchites nicklesi (162328)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Paraparchites sp. (556 8118 8128)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Virginia) Paraparchites sp. (7042)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4Canada (Alberta) Paraparchites carbonarius, Paraparchites sp., Proparaparchites sp., Paraparchites cyclopeus, Paraparchites inornatus (62396) Paraparchites sp. (62388)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (California) Paraparchitidae indet. (226242)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Paraparchites nickelsi, Paraparchites cyclopeus (62674)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Paraparchites subcircularis (2711)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Paraparchites cyclopeus (76118 76149)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Paraparchites armstrongianus, Paraparchites okeni (6452 6453) Paraparchites okeni (6330 6331 6333 6336 6338 6342 6343 6344 6347 6348 6349 6350 6352 6356 6357 6358 6359 6361 6363 6364 6365 6366 6367 6368 6369 6370 6372 6373 6374 6376 6377 6378 6380 6381 6382 6391 6392 6393 6394 6395 6396 6397 6398 6399 6400 6401 6402 6403 6404 6405 6406 6407 6408 6410 6412 6414 6415 6416 6417 6419 6421 6423 6425 6428 6430 6431 6433 6434 6437 6440 6442 6443 6444 6445 6446 6448 6449 6450 6451 6454 6455) Paraparchites sp. (565)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Paraparchites cyclopeus (76131 76146)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arizona) Paraparchites sp. (124256)
Chesterian - Alportian335.4 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) Shishaella moreyi (5689)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Paraparchites carbonarius (112170)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Paraparchites elongatus (5611)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Texas) Shivaella brazoensis (236937)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Paraparchites wapanuckaensis (111936)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Paraparchites wapanuckensis (132905 132906 132911 132917 132919 132921 132925)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Nevada) Paraparchites sp. (229445)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) Paraparchites inornata (214566)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4Spain Paraparchites sp. (73298)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.46Ukraine Chamishaella sparsa (216041)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Paraparchites claytonensis (69770) Paraparchites laduensis (215053)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Zhejiang) Chamishaella qilianshanensis (120913)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Paraparchites magnus (132987 132988) Pseudoparaparchites kansensis (132991 133163)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Paraparchites kellettae (216991 216994)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Thailand Paraparchites chenshii (137889 137891) Shemonaella sp. 1 (137890)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Zhejiang) Paraparchites sp. (120914)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Austria Paraparchites texanus (108504) Shivaella sp., Paraparchites texanus (108503)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Greece Shishaella hellenensis (112051)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Pseudoparaparchites kansensis (95361)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand Shishaella sp. (137900)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Fujian) Paraparchitella ovata, Paraparchites fabula, Paraparchites inornatus (95696)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Proparaparchites sp. A (108208 108209 108210 108212 108221 108223 108234 108236 108237 108238 108280 108285 108287 108298 108300) Proparaparchites sp. B (108246)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Paraparchites humerosus (88235 95376) Paraparchites punctatus (120247)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Paraparchites finiplanus, Paraparchites texanus (106669)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Paraparchites fabula (95700) Paraparchites fabula, Paraparchites texanus (95698)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Paraparchites humerosus (110314)
Saraninian283.3 - 280.4Russian Federation Paraparchites kamajicus, Paraparchites sylvaensis (75624)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Paraparchites marathonensis (43517)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Guatemala Paraparchites complanatus (155573 155577) Paraparchites sp. 1 (155575) Paraparchites sp. 1, Paraparchites sp. 2, Paraparchites kansasensis (155576) Paraparchites sp. 1, Shemonaella sp. (155572)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Paraparchites inornatus (142177 142178 142184 142186 142188 142189 142190) Paraparchites orbiculatus (142183)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Paraparchites fabula (95709 95710) Paraparchites hubeiensis, Paraparchites fabula, Paraparchites texanus (95707) Paraparchites hubeiensis, Paraparchites miseri, Paraparchites fabula (95703) Paraparchites miseri, Paraparchites fabula, Paraparchites texanus (95705) Paraparchites miseri, Paraparchites texanus (95704) Paraparchites texanus (95708)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Thailand Paraparchitidae indet. (137912)
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9Thailand Paraparchites sp. 1, Paraparchites sp. 2, Shemonaella sp., Shivaella elertensis (164537)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Pseudoparaparchites formidabilis (197598)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand Paraparchites chenshii (223888 223889) Shemonaella sp. (223887)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Paraparchites chenshii (137915 137924) Shemonaella sp. 2 (137914 137920)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Greece Chamishaella marmariensis (112064)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Greece Paraparchites sabakajensis (112062)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Azerbaijan Paraparchites miseri (110674)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Shishaella geisi (124401) Shishaella sp. A, Shishaella sp. B, Chamishaella maichensis, Shishaella ussuriensis (124390) Shishaella ussuriensis (124391)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Thailand Paraparchites chenshii (137888)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Hungary Dentoparaparchites pustulosus (146224) Dentoparaparchites zalanyii (146201)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Paraparchites sp. (46198)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Chamishaella marmariensis (112056 112065) Paraparchites sp. (112077) Shemonaella sp. (112071) Shishaella hellenensis (112052) Shivaella brazoensis (112057)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Paraparchites subdistortus (148476)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Svalbard and Jan Mayen Shemonaella sp. (145694)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Israel Chamishaella marmariensis (95762)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Paraparchites sp. 1 (97103)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Paraparchites anxianensis (148513) Paraparchites sp. (148485) Paraparchites subdistortus, Paraparchites anxianensis (148506)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Paraparchites chenshii (125568 125571 168912 168919) Shemonaella sp. 1 (168930)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Saudi Arabia Paraparchites sp. 2 (87282) Paraparchites sp. 3, Paraparchites sp. 1, Shemonaella sp. 2 (87281)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Paraparchites exiguus (121289) Paraparchites exiguus, Paraparchites texanus (121229 121290 121292) Paraparchites texanus (121224 121228 121288)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Slovenia Shishaella cyclopea (234869 234875)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Paraparchites sp. 1 (132516) Shemonaella sp. 1 (132522)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Paraparchitidae indet. (106655)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation Paraparchites ganelini, Paraparchites hivachensis (96854)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Serbia Paraparchites chenshii (112049)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Hungary Shemonaella olempskaella (140058 140059 140065 140068)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Paraparchites chenshii (97889 97905 97919 97920 97921 97922 97923) Paraparchites kansasensis (117579 117588 117590 117596 117601 117619 117638 117639 117642 117652 117655 117659 117660 117664 117668) Paraparchites texanus (117583) Shemonaella sp. 1 (97896 97904)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy Paraparchites sp. 1 (84133)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Paraparchitidae indet. (132538)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Iran Shemonaella sp. 1 (168934 168938)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Hungary Shemonaella sp. A (140073)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Saudi Arabia Shemonaella sp. 1 (87279)