''Graphiadactyllis'' is an
extinct genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several orders. They are small crustaceans, typic ...
(seed shrimp) belonging to the family
Quasillitidae and order
Podocopida
The Podocopida are an order of ostracods in the subclass Podocopa. It is the most diverse of the four orders of ostracods, and also has a rich fossil record.
Taxonomy
The following suborders and unassigned taxa are contained in the order Podocop ...
.
Specimens have been found in
Mississippian
Mississippian may refer to:
* Mississippian (geology), a subperiod of the Carboniferous period in the geologic timescale, roughly 360 to 325 million years ago
*Mississippian culture, a culture of Native American mound-builders from 900 to 1500 AD ...
[ to ]Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Pale ...
[ beds in North America,][ Europe,][ and Australia.][
]
Species
*''G. arkansana'' Girty 1910[
*''G. jonesi'' Ferdinando 2001][
]
References
Ostracods
Permian crustaceans
Carboniferous crustaceans
Carboniferous animals of Australia
Permian animals of Australia
Carboniferous arthropods of Europe
Permian arthropods of Europe
Carboniferous arthropods of North America
Permian arthropods of North America
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