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Paraparchites magnus

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Paraparchitidae

Taxonomy
Paraparchites magnus was named by Kellett (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85425 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Railroad cut just west of Shawnee-Douglas county line, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Paraparchites magnus Kellett p. 65 figs. Pl 13, figs 13, 23, 38, 39

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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
speciesmagnus

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 magnus Kellett 1933
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