Triops Shrank 1803 (Tadpole shrimp)
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Branchiopoda - Notostraca - Triopsidae
Synonym: Apus Schaeffer 1758 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Triopsidae according to L. Keilhack 1909
See also Gall 1971 and Martin and Davis 2001
Sister taxa: Lepidurus, Lynceites
Subtaxa: Triops cancriformis Triops ornatus
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of France (3 collections)
• Carboniferous of Germany (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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