Family Triopsidae Keilhack 1909 (Tadpole shrimp)
Branchiopoda - Notostraca - Triopsidae
Synonyms: Apodiadae Burmeister 1846, Apodidae Burmeister 1846
Full reference: L. Keilhack. 1909. Zur nomenklatur der deutschen phyllopoden. Zoologische Annalen 3:177-184
Parent taxon: Notostraca according to G. Geyer et al. 2024
See also Garrouste et al. 2009, M'Coy 1849 and Tasch 1969
Sister taxa: Apodites, Apudites, Chenops, Jeholops
Subtaxa: Apodites phuthingensis Lepidurus Lynceites Triops
Type: Triops
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection)
• Permian of France (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Germany (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence