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Paraparchites texanus

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Paraparchites texanus Delo
1987Paraparchites texanus Shi and Chen p. 35 figs. Pl 11, figs 5-12
1997Paraparchites texanus Crasquin-Soleau p. 59 figs. Pl 4, fig 12

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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
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyParaparchitoideaScott 1959
familyParaparchitidaeScott 1959
genusParaparchitesUlrich and Bassler 1906
speciestexanusDelo 1930

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 texanus Delo 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height10.930

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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Changhsingian or 298.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Austria Paraparchites texanus (108503 108504)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Paraparchites texanus (106669)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Paraparchites texanus (95698)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Paraparchites texanus (95704 95705 95707 95708)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Paraparchites texanus (121224 121228 121229 121288 121290 121292)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Paraparchites texanus (117583)