Silenites (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Parent taxon: Bairdiocyprididae according to M.-B. Forel and S. Crasquin 2022

See also Chitnarin 2017, Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya 2021, Crasquin and Forel 2010, Kozur 1985, Sepkoski 2002 and Tanaka 2018

Sister taxa: Bairdiocypridella, Bairdiocypridinae, Bairdiocypris, Bairdites, Bekena, Condracypris, Cyrtocyprus, Cytherellina, Elliptocyprites, Orthocypris, Phelobythocypris, Praepilatina, Pseudobythocypris, Rugocytherellina, Turiella, Uthoerina, Longiscula, Silenis, Arcuaria, Rectalloides, Rectella

Subtaxa: Silenites lenticularis Silenites limatus Silenites marginiferus Silenites sasakwaformis Silenites suborthis Silenites subrounda Silenites sureeae Silenites testatus Silenites unicostus Silenites zhejiangensis

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Turkey (12)

• Permian of China (83), Iran (4), Japan (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Thailand (11), United States (3: Kansas)

• Carboniferous of United States (12: Indiana, Kansas, Missouri)

• Devonian of France (2)

Total: 132 collections including 168 occurrences

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