| Palaeocopida | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Subclass: | Podocopa |
| Order: | Palaeocopida Henningsmoen, 1953[1] |
| Suborders | |
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Palaeocopida is an order of ostracods in the subclassPodocopa. Most species in the suborder are extinct, and only the generaManawa,Promanawa, andPuncia in the familyPunciidae are extant.[2] The members of the family live in high-energy shallow marine environments ofNew Zealand.[3]
The following suborders are recognised in the order Palaeocopida:[4]