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Paraparchites marathonensis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae

Taxonomy
Paraparchites marathonensis was named by Hamilton (1942). Its type specimen is Wisconsin Univ 22372 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Paraparchites marathonensis Hamilton p. 712 figs. Pl 110, fig 12
1959Paraparchites marathonensis Jung Echols and Creath p. 403

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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
genusParaparchitesUlrich and Bassler 1906
speciesmarathonensis

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.

Paraparchites marathonensis Hamilton 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height21.821.821.821.82-

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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Paraparchites marathonensis (type locality: 43517)