Jeholops Hegna and Ren 2010 (tadpole shrimp)

Branchiopoda - Notostraca

Full reference: T. A. Hegna and D. Ren. 2010. Two new "notostracans", Chenops gen. nov. and Jeholops gen. nov. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: ?Notostraca) from the Yixian Formation, northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(4):886-894

Parent taxon: Notostraca according to T. A. Hegna and D. Ren 2010

Sister taxa: Apodites, Chenops, Triopsidae

Subtaxa: Jeholops hongi

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Type: Jeholops hongi

Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Baitugou, Nanyinpan village, Jeholops hongi type locality (Cretaceous of China)

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