Order Anostraca Sars 1867 (branchiopod)
Parent taxon: Branchiopoda according to M. Schwentner et al. 2018
See also Gallego et al. 2019 and Martin and Davis 2001
Sister taxa: Ketmeniidae, Phyllopoda, Sarsostraca
Subtaxa: Branchinectidae Branchinella Branchipodidae Lepidocaris
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (22: California collections)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence