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Ethmosestheria mahajangaensis

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Antronestheriidae

Taxonomy
Ethmosestheria mahajangaensis was named by Stigall and Hartman (2008). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 9643, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD93-73 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian crevasse splay sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Ethmosestheria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Ethmosestheria mahajangaensis Stigall and Hartman p. 1057

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
RankNameAuthor
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
superorderCalmanostracaTasch 1969
orderDiplostracaGerstecker 1866
—OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
suborderSpinicaudataLinder 1945
superfamilyEosestherioideaZhang and Chen 1976
familyAntronestheriidaeChen and Hudson 1991
genusEthmosestheria
speciesmahajangaensis

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.

†Ethmosestheria mahajangaensis Stigall and Hartman 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. L. Stigall and J. H. Hartman 2008As for the genus.
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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Ethmosestheria mahajangaensis (type locality: 55270)