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Moorites

Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Youngiellidae

Taxonomy
Moorites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Youngiellidae by Benson et al. (1961), Ferdinando (2001) and Song et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Moorites Benson et al. p. Q178
2001Moorites Ferdinando p. 109
2002Moorites Sepkoski
2019Moorites Song et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
superorderPalaecopamorphesAbushik 1990
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyYoungiellidae
genusMoorites

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.

G. †Moorites
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Moorites copelandi Lethiers 1981
Moorites irwini Ferdinando 2001
Moorites kozuri Gerry and Honigstein 1987
Moorites minutus Warthin 1930
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Invalid names: Moorites hewetti Coryell and Billings 1932 [synonym], Moorites truncatus Coryell and Billings 1932 [synonym]
Moorites suboblonga Wang 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available