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Triopsidae (Tadpole shrimp)

Branchiopoda - Notostraca - Triopsidae

Taxonomy
Triopsidae was named by Keilhack (1909). It is extant. Its type is Triops.

It was assigned to Notostraca by Garrouste et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Apodidae Burmeister
1849Apodiadae M'Coy p. 395
1909Triopsidae Keilhack
2009Triopsidae Garrouste et al. p. 53

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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
familyTriopsidae
familyTriopsidae

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. Triopsidae Keilhack 1909 [Tadpole shrimp]
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G. Lepidurus Leach 1819
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Invalid names: Prolepidurus Tchernyshev 1940 [synonym]
G. †Lynceites Goldenberg 1870
G. Triops Shrank 1803
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Triops cancriformis Schaeffer 1758
†Triops ornatus Goldenberg 1870
Invalid names: Apus Schaeffer 1758 [replaced]
Invalid names: Apodidae Burmeister 1846 [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 Bashkirian to the top of the Pleistocene or 323.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 315.2 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Lynceites cansoensis (216608)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4Germany Triops ornatus (138379)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51France (Var) Triopsidae indet. (117153)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Moselle) Triops cancriformis (206487)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Bas-Rhin) Triops cancriformis (203355)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greenland Lepidurus arcticus (227055)