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Protomonocarina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Branchiopoda
    Subclass:  
Diplostraca
    Order:  
Conchostraca
    Suborder:  
Spinicaudata
    Superfamily:  
Vertexioidea
    Family:  
Vertexiidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Protomonocarina TASCH, 1962
    Type Species:  
*P. kechii, OD


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Fig. 57,4. *P. kechii, Leonard, USA(Kans.), right valve, X18 (145).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

N.Am.(USA)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Perm.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Asselian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
298.89
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Subovate valve bearing embryonic rib of five beadlike segments




References

Tasch, Paul, 1962, Taxonomy and evolutionary significance of two new conchostracan genera from the midcontinent Wellington: Jour. Paleontology, v. 36, p. 817-821, pl. 120.


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