Daphnia fossilis von Heyden 1862 (water flea)

Branchiopoda - Cladocera

Full reference: C. von Heyden. 1862. Gliederthiere aus der Braunkohle des Niederrhein's, der Wetterau und der Röhn. Palaeontographica 10:62-82

Belongs to Daphnia according to C. von Heyden 1862

Sister taxon: Daphnia primaeva

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Rott (Krantz Bonn coll)

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