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Limnadiidae

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Limnadiidae

Taxonomy
Limnadiidae was named by Baird (1894). It is extant.

It was assigned to Conchostraca by Pinto (1956); and to Limnadioidea by Lana and Carvalho (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Limnadiidae Baird
1956Limnadiidae Pinto
2002Limnadiidae 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
superorderCalmanostracaTasch 1969
orderDiplostracaGerstecker 1866
—OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
suborderSpinicaudataLinder 1945
superfamilyLimnadioideaBaird 1894
familyLimnadiidaeBaird 1894
familyLimnadiidaeBaird 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.

Fm. Limnadiidae Baird 1894
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Subfm. †Estheriininae Kobayashi 1954
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G. †Estheriina Jones 1897
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†Estheriina extuberata Jones and Woodward 1899
G. Limnadia Brongniart 1840
G. Metalimnadia Mattox 1952
G. †Palaeolimnadia Raymond 1946
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†Palaeolimnadia alsatica Reible 1962
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): 290.1 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
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 (214748)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation Estheriina aequalis (214720)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Poland (Swietoryzskie) Palaeolimnadia alsaticadetfurthensis (118063)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France (Moselle) Palaeolimnadia alsatica (206490)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France (Bas-Rhin) Palaeolimnadia alsatica (206491 206495)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464France (Grand Est) Palaeolimnadia alsatica (206487)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland (Swietoryzskie) Palaeolimnadia alsatica (175801)
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 - 205.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen Estheriina kawasakii (212796 212973)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) Palaeolimnadia sp. (227823)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Jersey) Palaeolimnadia sp. (227832)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Estheriina astartoides (38890)