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Isaura

Branchiopoda

Taxonomy
Isaura was named by Joly (1841). It is not extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Cyzicus by Mattox (1957).

It was assigned to Isauridae by Gall (1971); and to Diplostraca by Geyer and Kelber (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Isaura Joly
1971Isaura Gall
2018Isaura Geyer and Kelber

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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
infraclassDiplostraca(Gerstecker 1866)
genusIsauraJoly 1841

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. †Isaura Joly 1841
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Isaura laxitexta Jones 1890
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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Carnian or 290.10000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) I. harveyi (216767 216768 216769 216770 216771 216773 216775 216776 216778 216779 216780 216781 216782 216783)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Bas-Rhin) I. sp. (206491)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Moselle) I. sp. (206487 206490)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Thuringia) I. sp. (115919)