Biology:Palaeocopida

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Short description: Extinct order of seed shrimps

Palaeocopida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Subclass: Podocopa
Order: Palaeocopida
Henningsmoen, 1953[1]
Suborders

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Synonyms
  • Palaeocopa

Palaeocopida is an order of ostracods in the subclass Podocopa. Most species in the suborder are extinct, and only the genera Manawa, Promanawa and Puncia in the family Punciidae are extant.[2] The members of the family lives in high-energy shallow marine environments of New Zealand.[3]

Taxonomy

The following suborders are recognised in the order Palaeocopida:[4]

  • †Beyrichicopina
  • †Binodicopina
  • †Eridostracina
  • Kirkbyocopina
  • †Nodellocopina
  • †Palaeocopina


References

  • Palaeocopida (Ostracoda) across the Permian–Triassic events: new data from southwestern Taurus (Turkey). Crasquin-Soleau S., Marcoux J., Angiolini L. and Nicora A., 2004, Journal of micropalaeontology, 23(1), pages 67–76, doi:10.1144/jm.23.1.67

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