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Chenops

Branchiopoda - Notostraca

Discussion

Hegna and Ren suggest that the genus may include one poorly-known living species, Lepidurus batesoni Longhurst 1955 is in need of redescription from new material. Otherwise the genus is monotypic, including only the species Chenops yixianensis.

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Taxonomy
Chenops was named by Hegna and Ren (2010). Its type is Chenops yixianensis.

It was assigned to Notostraca by Hegna and Ren (2010).

Species
C. oblongus, C. yixianensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Chenops Hegna and Ren

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
superorderCalmanostracaTasch 1969
orderNotostracaSars 1867
genusChenops

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.

G. †Chenops Hegna and Ren 2010
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Chenops oblongus Oleynikov 1968
Chenops yixianensis Hegna and Ren 2010
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: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Hebei) C. yixianensis (230303)