Discoidella (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Polycopidae

Parent taxon: Polycopidae according to M. Forel and E. Grădinaru 2021

See also Kozur 1985, Sebe et al. 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Tanaka 2018 and Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau 2007

Sister taxa: Nodopolycope, Permopolycope, Polycope, Polycopinae, Polycopsis, Quasipolycope

Subtaxa: Discoidella niculaei Discoidella perminuta Discoidella spinosa Discoidella suprapermiana Discoidella xingyangensis

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Bahamas (6 collections), Hungary (1)

• Triassic of Hungary (2), Romania (6)

• Permian of China (6), Hungary (1), Iran (3), Japan (1)

• Carboniferous of Hungary (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Kansas)

Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences

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