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Apudites antiquus

Branchiopoda - Notostraca

Taxonomy
Apudites antiquus was named by Schimper (1853). Its type specimen is SMNS 75644-18a, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ‘Carriere royale’ quarry (‘Konigsgrube’) near Soultz-les-Bains, which is in an Anisian lacustrine - small shale/sandstone in the Voltzia Formation of France. It is the type species of Apudites.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Apudites antiquus Schimper p. 7 figs. Plate III
1938Triops cancriformis minor Thrusheim
2024Apudites antiquus Geyer et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
superorderCalmanostracaTasch 1969
orderNotostracaSars 1867
genusApudites
speciesantiquus

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.

Apudites antiquus Schimper 1853
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Triops cancriformis minor Thrusheim 1938
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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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0France (Grand Est) Apudites antiquus (type locality: 236583) Triops cancriformis (203355 206487)