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.Occurrence of a rare puncioid ostracod, Promanawa konishii (Nohara, 1976), in Recent sediments of the East China Sea The members of the family live in high-energy shallow marine environments of New Zealand.Geological Records of Tsunamis and Other Extreme Waves
Taxonomy The following suborders are recognised in the order Palaeocopida: †Beyrichicopina †Binodicopina †Eridostracina Kirkbyocopina †Nodellocopina †Palaeocopina
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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,