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Anostraca

Branchiopoda - Anostraca

Taxonomy
Anostraca was named by Sars (1867). It is extant.

It was assigned to Branchiopoda by Schwentner et al. (2018); and to Sarsostraca by Martin and Davis (2001) and Gallego et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Anostraca Sars
2001Anostraca Martin and Davis p. 58
2018Anostraca Schwentner et al.
2019Anostraca Gallego et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
orderAnostracaSars 1867
orderAnostracaSars 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. Anostraca Sars 1867
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Fm. Branchinectidae Daday de Deés 1910
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G. Branchinecta Verrill 1869
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†Branchinecta barstowensis Belk and Schram 2001
G. Branchinella Sayce 1903
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Branchinella budjiti Timms 2001 [fairy shrimp]
Branchinella campbelli Timms 2001 [fairy shrimp]
G. †Lepidocaris Scourfield 1926
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†Lepidocaris rhyniensis Scourfield 1926
Invalid names: Branchipodidae Simon 1886 [empty]
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 Pragian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 410.80000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 407.6 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Lepidocaris rhyniensis (10721)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Belgium Anostraca indet. (131916)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Australia (Tasmania) Anostraca indet. (77198)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Anostraca indet. (77192)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Anostraca indet. (106431 123022 123023 123025 123026 123027 123028 123029 123030 123031 123032 123033 123034 123035 123036 123037 123038 123039 123040 123041 123042 123043)