Mooreina Harlton 1933 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae

Full reference: B. H. Harlton. 1933. Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):3-29

Parent taxon: Beyrichiidae according to B. H. Harlton 1933

Sister taxa: Apatobolbina, Beyrichia, Bolbibollia, Bolbineossia, Bolbiprimitia, Cornikloedenia, Ctenobolbinella, Deloia, Dibolbina, Dolichoscapha, Drepanellina, Halliella, Hibbardia, Kloedenia, Knoxina, Kyamodes, Lophokloedenia, Mesomphalus, Myomphalus, Neoulrichia, Phlyctiscapha, Pseudobeyrichia, Saccarchites, Savagellites, Treposella, Treposellinae, Velibeyrichia, Welleria, Welleriopsis, Zygobeyrichia

Subtaxa: Mooreina johnsvalleyensis

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. 5 (Carboniferous of Oklahoma)

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