''Graphiadactyllis'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a Class (biology), class of the crustacean, Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 33,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant taxon, extant) have been identified,Brandão, S.N.; Antoni ...
(seed shrimp) belonging to the family
Quasillitidae and order
Platycopida
The Podocopa are a subclass of ostracods. Members of the subclass Podocopa can be differentiated from the other subclass of ostracods ( Myodocopa) by the morphology of the second antenna: the Podocopa have a relatively long endopod, whereas the ...
.
Specimens have been found in
Mississippian[ to ]Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), 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 251.902 Mya. It is the s ...
[ beds in North America,][ Europe,][ and Australia.][
]
Species
*''Graphiadactyllis arkansana'' Girty 1910[
*''Graphiadactyllis jonesi'' Ferdinando 2001][
]
References
Quasillitidae
Podocopa genera
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
Prehistoric ostracod genera
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