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Paraparchites inornatus

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Paraparchitidae

Taxonomy
Paraparchites inornatus was named by McCoy (1886).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Paraparchites inornatus McCoy
1986Paraparchites inornatus Chen and Bao p. 113 figs. Pl 1, figs 17,18
1986Paraparchites inornatus McCoy
1990Paraparchites inornatus Yi p. 736 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyParaparchitoideaScott 1959
familyParaparchitidaeScott 1959
genusParaparchitesUlrich and Bassler 1906
speciesinornatusMcCoy 1886

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
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.4440.4300.4800.4330.024

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Kungurian or 343.00000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) Paraparchites inornatus (62396)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Fujian) Paraparchites inornatus (95696)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jiangsu) Paraparchites inornatus (142177 142178 142184 142186 142188 142189 142190)