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Notostraca (tadpole shrimp)

Branchiopoda - Notostraca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Notostraca Sars
1969Notostraca Tasch p. R135
2001Notostraca Martin and Davis p. 58
2009Notostraca Garrouste et al. p. 53
2010Notostraca Hegna and Ren p. 888
2018Notostraca Schwentner et al.
2020Notostraca Hegna et al. p. 25
2024Notostraca Geyer et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
subclassCalmanostraca
orderNotostracaSars 1867
orderNotostracaSars 1867

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Notostraca Sars 1867 [tadpole shrimp]
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G. †Apodites
G. †Apudites Schimper 1853
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Apudites antiquus Schimper 1853
Invalid names: Triops cancriformis minor Thrusheim 1938 [synonym]
G. †Chenops Hegna and Ren 2010
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Chenops oblongus Oleynikov 1968
Chenops yixianensis Hegna and Ren 2010
G. †Jeholops Hegna and Ren 2010
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Jeholops hongi Hegna and Ren 2010
Fm. Triopsidae Keilhack 1909 [Tadpole shrimp]
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G. Lepidurus Leach 1819
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Invalid names: Prolepidurus Tchernyshev 1940 [synonym]
G. †Lynceites Goldenberg 1870
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Lynceites cansoensis Copeland 1957
Lynceites ornatus Goldenberg 1870
G. Triops Shrank 1803
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Triops cancriformis Schaeffer 1758
Invalid names: Apus Schaeffer 1758 [replaced]
Invalid names: Apodidae Burmeister 1846 [synonym], Apodites phuthingensis Ellenberger 1970 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: suspension feederc
Diet 2: detritivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-07-21 10:04:49
Modified: 2010-02-04 14:45:55
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Pleistocene or 365.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 358.86 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium Notostraca indet. (131916)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Lynceites cansoensis (216608)
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3Germany Triops ornatus (138379)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51France (Var) Triopsidae indet. (117153)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464France (Grand Est) Apudites antiquus (236583) Triops cancriformis (203355 206487)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) Prolepidurus sp. (159014 241482)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Hebei) Chenops yixianensis (230303) Jeholops hongi (230304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greenland Lepidurus arcticus (227055)