Palaeocopida

Palaeocopida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Ostracoda
Subclass:	Podocopa
Order:	Palaeocopida ; Henningsmoen, 1953
Suborders
	See text
Synonyms
	Palaeocopa;

Last updated April 30, 2025

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 live 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

↑ Classification of Paleozoic straight-hinged ostracods. G Henningsmoen, Norsk geologisk tidsskrift, 1953
↑ Occurrence of a rare puncioid ostracod, Promanawa konishii (Nohara, 1976), in Recent sediments of the East China Sea
↑ Geological Records of Tsunamis and Other Extreme Waves
↑ "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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[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.

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