Ostracoda - Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Parent taxon: Paraparchitidae according to A. Chitnarin and C. Ketwetsuriya 2021
See also Abushik 2015, Harlton 1933, Sepkoski 2002, Sohn 1969 and Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau 2007
Sister taxa: Chamishaella, Dentoparaparchites, Ochesaarites, Paraparchitella, Proparaparchites, Pseudoparaparchites, Samarella, Shemonaella, Shishaella, Shivaella
Subtaxa: Paraparchites anxianensis Paraparchites chenshii Paraparchites complanatus Paraparchites cyclopeus Paraparchites fabula Paraparchites finiplanus Paraparchites ganelini Paraparchites hivachensis Paraparchites humerosus Paraparchites inornatus Paraparchites kansasensis Paraparchites magnus Paraparchites marathonensis Paraparchites nicklesi Paraparchites orbiculatus Paraparchites punctatus Paraparchites sabakajensis Paraparchites subdistortus Paraparchites texanus Paraparchites wapanuckensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Austria (2 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (55), Greece (2), Guatemala (5), Iran (4), Italy (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Thailand (8), United States (5: Kansas, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Alberta), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (84), United States (34: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia)
• Devonian of China (2), France (1), United States (2: New York)
• Jaani of Estonia (1)
• Silurian of Estonia (2)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), United States (2: Oklahoma)
Total: 222 collections including 253 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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