Palaeocopida

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]

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

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Synonyms
  • Palaeocopa

Taxonomy

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

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


References
  1. Classification of Paleozoic straight-hinged ostracods. G Henningsmoen, Norsk geologisk tidsskrift, 1953
  2. Occurrence of a rare puncioid ostracod, Promanawa konishii (Nohara, 1976), in Recent sediments of the East China Sea
  3. Geological Records of Tsunamis and Other Extreme Waves
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Palaeocopida†". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  • 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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