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Limnadioidea

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca

Taxonomy
Limnadioidea was named by Baird (1894). It is extant. Its type is Limnadia.

It was assigned to Spinicaudata by Tasch (1969), Wang (1980), Lana and Carvalho (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Limnadioidea Baird
1969Limnadioidea Tasch p. R149
1980Limnadioidea Wang
2002Limnadioidea Lana and Carvalho p. 353

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
subclassCalmanostraca
orderDiplostracaGerstecker 1866
—OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
suborderSpinicaudataLinder 1945
superfamilyLimnadioideaBaird 1894
superfamilyLimnadioideaBaird 1894

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.

Superfm. Limnadioidea Baird 1894
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Fm. Cyclestheriidae Sars 1899
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G. Cyclestheria Sars 1887
Fm. Leptestheriidae Daday 1923
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G. Leptestheria Sars 1898
Fm. Limnadiidae Baird 1894
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Subfm. †Estheriininae Kobayashi 1954
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G. †Bilimnadia Novozhilov 1957
G. †Estheriina Jones 1897
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†Estheriina extuberata Jones and Woodward 1899
G. †Leptolimnadia Novozhilov 1954
G. †Limnestheria Wright 1920
G. †Notocrypta Novozhilov 1954
G. †Pseudolimnadia Novozhilov 1954
G. †Trigonlimnadia Novozhilov 1954
G. Limnadia Brongniart 1840
Subfm. Limnadiinae Baird 1849
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G. Eulimnadia Packard 1874
G. Metalimnadia Mattox 1952
G. †Palaeolimnadia Raymond 1946
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†Palaeolimnadia alsatica Reible 1962
Invalid names: Limnaiidae Baird 1849 [synonym]
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 Asselian to the top of the Turonian or 298.90000 to 89.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 293.52 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Czechia (Krkonose) Limnestheria palaeoniscorum (232614)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany Estheriina extuberata (216575)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Estheriina kawasakii (197590)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Yunnan) Palaeolimnadia sp. (63512)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation Estheriina aequalis, Limnadia glabra, Limnadia verchojanica, Eulimnadia sp. (214748) Eulimnadia sp. (214719)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation Estheriina aequalis (214720)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Poland (Swietoryzskie) Palaeolimnadia alsaticadetfurthensis (118063)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France (Bas-Rhin) Palaeolimnadia alsatica (206491 206495)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France (Moselle) Palaeolimnadia alsatica (206490)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland (Swietoryzskie) Palaeolimnadia alsatica (175801)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464France (Grand Est) Palaeolimnadia alsatica (206487)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Estheriina sp. (116119)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (Virginia) Palaeolimnadia sp. (224084 227825)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) Palaeolimnadia sp. (89149)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) Palaeolimnadia sp. (227823)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen Estheriina kawasakii (212796 212973)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Jersey) Palaeolimnadia sp. (227832)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Estheriina astartoides (38890)