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Paraplatyrhomboides

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Beecherellidae

Taxonomy
Paraplatyrhomboides is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Paraplatyrhomboides productus.

It was assigned to Beecherellidae by Becker and Wang (1992); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. productus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Paraplatyrhomboides Becker and Wang p. 44
2002Paraplatyrhomboides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBeecherellidaeUlrich 1894
genusParaplatyrhomboides

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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†Paraplatyrhomboides productus Shi and Wang 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Darriwilian or 467.30000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Shaanxi) P. productus (143437 143438)