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Nyasaestheriella nyasana

Branchiopoda - Estheriellidae

Taxonomy
Estheriella nyasana was named by Newton (1910). It is a mold. Its type locality is Makeya River, Nkana, which is in a Wuchiapingian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Chiweta Formation of Malawi. It is the type species of Nyasaestheriella.

It was recombined as Nyasaestheriella nyasana by Gallego et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Estheriella nyasana Newton p. 244 figs. Pl 19, figs 15-18
2020Nyasaestheriella nyasana Gallego et al.

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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)
suborderEstheriellinaShen 2003
superfamilyEstherielloideaKobayashi 1954
familyEstheriellidaeKobayashi 1954
genusNyasaestheriellaKobayashi 1954
speciesnyasana()

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.

†Nyasaestheriella nyasana Newton 1910
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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: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Malawi Estheriella nyasana (type locality: 208780)