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Discoidella perminuta

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Polycopidae

Taxonomy
Paraparchites perminutus was named by Kellett (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85424 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South of Missouri River bridge, Fort Leavenworth, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Iatan Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Discoidella perminuta by Jung Echols and Creath (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Paraparchites perminutus Kellett p. 67 figs. Pl 13, figs 31, 32
1959Discoidella perminuta Jung Echols and Creath p. 396

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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
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderMyodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMyodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyPolycopoideaSars 1866
familyPolycopidaeSars 1866
genusDiscoidella
speciesperminuta()

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.

†Discoidella perminuta Kellett 1933
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Diagnosis
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