Order Cladocera Latreille 1829 (water flea)

Branchiopoda - Cladocera

Parent taxon: Cladoceromorpha according to M. Schwentner et al. 2018

See also Jell and Duncan 1986

Sister taxon: Cyclestherida

Subtaxa: Anomopoda Daphnia

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Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection), United States (1: Colorado)

• Miocene of Iceland (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (2)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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