Lepidurus Leach 1819 (Tadpole shrimp)
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Branchiopoda - Notostraca - Triopsidae
Synonyms: Brachygastriops Yang and Hang 1980, Discocephala Hong 1985, Prolepidurus Tchernyshev 1940, Weichangiops Yang and Hong 1980
Parent taxon: Triopsidae according to G. Geyer et al. 2024
See also Haughton 1924, Hegna and Ren 2010 and Tasch 1969
Sister taxa: Apodites phuthingensis, Lynceites, Triops
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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