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Paraparchites punctatus

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Paraparchitidae

Taxonomy
Paraparchites punctatus was named by Watabe and Kaesler (2004). Its type specimen is KUMIP 1129861 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eskridge, mile marker 292, 4 km NW on Highway 4, which is in a Sakmarian marine shale in the Wreford Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Paraparchites punctatus Watabe and Kaesler p. 607 figs. 7,8.1-8.4

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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
speciespunctatus

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 punctatus Watabe and Kaesler 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available