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Euestheria azambujai

Branchiopoda - Euestheriidae

Taxonomy
Euestheria azambujai was named by Pinto (1956). It is not extant. Its type specimen is URGS 238, a valve. Its type locality is Passo das Tropas, which is in a Ladinian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Euestheria azambujai Pinto p. 77 figs. Fig 1; Pl 1 fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
infraclassDiplostraca(Gerstecker 1866)
OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
suborderSpinicaudataLinder 1945
superfamilyEosestherioideaZhang and Chen 1976
familyEuestheriidaeDefretin-Lefranc 1965
genusEuestheriaDepéret and Mazeran 1912
speciesazambujai

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.

Euestheria azambujai Pinto 1956
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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: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Euestheria azambujai (type locality: 116119)