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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Subclass: | Podocopa |
| Order: | Palaeocopida Henningsmoen, 1953[1] |
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Taxonomy
editThe following suborders are recognised in the order Palaeocopida:[4]
References
edit- ^ 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