Chenops yixianensis 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

Belongs to Chenops according to T. A. Hegna and D. Ren 2010

Sister taxon: Chenops oblongus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shimen village, Pingquan County, Chenops yixianensis type locality, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Shimen village, Pingquan County, Chenops yixianensis type locality

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