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Spinicaudata (clam shrimp)

Branchiopoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Spinicaudata Linder
2002Spinicaudata Lana and Carvalho p. 353
2008Spinicaudata Stigall and Hartman p. 1056
2018Spinicaudata Schwentner et al.

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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
infraclassDiplostraca(Gerstecker 1866)
OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
suborderSpinicaudataLinder 1945
suborderSpinicaudataLinder 1945

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.

Subor. Spinicaudata Linder 1945 [clam shrimp]
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Superfm. †Cyzicoidea Stebbing 1910
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Fm. Cyzicidae Stebbing 1910
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G. Cyzicus Audouin 1837
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Cyzicus tetracerus Krynicki 1830
G. †Turfanograpta Novojilov 1957
Superfm. †Eosestherioidea Zhang and Chen 1976
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Fm. †Antronestheriidae Chen and Hudson 1991
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G. †Ethmosestheria Stigall and Hartman 2008
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Ethmosestheria mahajangaensis Stigall and Hartman 2008
Fm. †Eosestheriidae Zhang and Chen 1976
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G. †Menucoestheria Gallego 1998
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Fm. †Euestheriidae Defretin-Lefranc 1965
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G. †Euestheria Depéret and Mazeran 1912
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Euestheria azambujai Pinto 1956
Euestheria buravasi Kobayashi 1975
Euestheria kozuri Geyer and Kelber 2018
Euestheria martinsnetoi Gallego et al. 2004
Euestheria menendezi Vaz Tassi et al. 2015
Euestheria minuta von Zieten 1833
G. †Gregoriusella Kozur and Weems 2010
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Gregoriusella polonica Kozur et al. 2010
Gregoriusella striatula Geyer and Kelber 2018
G. †Laxitextella Kozur 1982
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Laxitextella dorsorecta Reible 1962
Laxitextella freybergi Kelber and Kozur 2007
Laxitextella laxitexta Sandberger 1890
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Invalid names: Palaeestheria multireticulata Reible 1969 [synonym]
G. †Trigonestheria Novozhilov 1954
Fm. †Orthothemosiidae Defretin-Lefranc 1965
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G. †Glyptoasmussia Novozhilov and Varentzov 1956
Fm. †Polygraptidae Novojilov 1954
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G. †Polygrapta Novojilov 1946
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Polygrapta troncosoi Gallego 1998
Invalid names: Aquilonoglyptidae Novojilov 1958 [empty]
Superfm. †Limnadioidea Baird 1894
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Fm. Limnadiidae Baird 1894
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Subfm. †Estheriininae Kobayashi 1954
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G. †Estheriina Jones 1897
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Estheriina extuberata Jones and Woodward 1899
G. Limnadia Brongniart 1840
G. Metalimnadia Mattox 1952
G. †Palaeolimnadia Raymond 1946
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Palaeolimnadia alsatica Reible 1962
Fm. †Lioestheriidae Raymond 1946
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Subfm. †Asmussinae Kobayashi 1954
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G. †Estherites Kobayashi and Huzita 1943
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Estherites jocelynae Stigall et al. 2017
Estherites wianamatensis Mitchell 1927
G. †Lioestheria Deperet and Mazeran 1912
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Lioestheria carinacurvata Martens and Lucas 2005
Lioestheria monticula Martens 1983
Lioestheria ovata Lea 1856
G. †Pseudestheria Raymond 1946
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Pseudestheria limbata Goldenberg 1877
Pseudestheria tenella Bronn 1850
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Invalid names: Estheria calcarea Fritsch 1895 [synonym], Estheria cyanea Fritsch 1895 [synonym], Estheria palaeoniscorum Fritsch 1895 [synonym], Estheria paupera Fritsch 1901 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lioestheriinae Kobayashi 1954 [empty]
Fm. †Shipingiidae Kozur and Weems 2005
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G. †Shipingia Shen 1976
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 Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 387.70000 to 28.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 382.7 Ma

Collections (113 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Pseudestheria plicata (60392)
Kinderhookian360.7 - 353.8USA (Montana) Lioestheria sp. (123117)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Lioestheria striata (216606 216609)
Westphalian C314.6 - 311.45Germany Estheria tenella (122593)
Westphalian C314.6 - 311.45France Euestheria bourozi (57698)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Pseudestheria limbata (217022)
Stephanian306.95 - 298.9Germany Estheria tenella (138157)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Pseudestheria sp. (216991 216993)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Krkonose) Pseudestheria breitenbachensis, Pseudestheria tenella (232614)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (New Mexico) Lioestheria pseudotenella (124386)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Liberec) Lioestheriidae indet., Pseudestheria breitenbachensis (232996)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Estheria tenella (122606)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany Estheria tenella (138158 138376) Estheriina extuberata (216575)
Permian298.9 - 252.17Hungary Euestheria dawsoni (24459) Lioestheria lallyensis (24458)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Germany (Thuringia) Lioestheria monticula (80112)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Russian Federation Estheriina kawasakii, Pseudestheria sukhonensis, Trigonestheria angulata (197590) Glyptoasmussia exigua (197763 197764 197765)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Antarctica Cyzicus doumanii (124348)
Dienerian252.17 - 251.3Russian Federation Estheriina aequalis, Pseudestheria pliciferina (214720) Pseudestheria pliciferina, Pseudestheria sibirica, Pseudestheria putjatensis, Pseudestheria tumariana (214721) Pseudestheria sp., Pseudestheria kashirtzevi (214749)
Griesbachian252.17 - 251.3China (Yunnan) Lioestheria sp., Palaeolimnadia sp. (63512)
Griesbachian252.17 - 251.3China (Guizhou) Euestheria gutta, Euestheria sp. (205960) Euestheria sp. (205961)
Griesbachian252.17 - 251.3Russian Federation Estheriina aequalis, Limnadia glabra, Limnadia verchojanica, Pseudestheria pliciferina, Pseudestheria vjatkanensis, Pseudestheria sibirica, Pseudestheria kashirtzevi, Pseudestheria putjatensis, Pseudestheria tumariana (214748)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Chile (Copiapó) Liograpta troncosoi (224019) Menucoestheria terneraensis (224020)
Triassic252.17 - 201.3USA (North Carolina) Estheria ovata (151884)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Poland (Swietoryzskie) Euestheria exsecta, Palaeolimnadia alsaticadetfurthensis (118063)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Bas-Rhin) Isaura minuta (206505 206506) Isaura minuta, Palaeolimnadia alsatica (206491 206495)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Moselle) Isaura minuta (140641 206489 206492 206493) Isaura minuta, Palaeolimnadia alsatica (206487 206490)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Poland Spinicaudata indet. (138972)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Swietoryzskie) Euestheria albertii, Palaeolimnadia alsatica (175801)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (England) Euestheria sp. (97695)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Argentina (Mendoza) Euestheria forbesi (117454) Euestheria menendezi, Euestheria martinsnetoi (200630)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Estheriina sp., Euestheria azambujai, Estherites wianamatensis (116119)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Poland (Slaskie) Laxitextella sp., Laxitextella laxitexta (110469)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Virginia) Cyzicus sp. (39159) Cyzicus sp., Palaeolimnadia sp. (224084 227825)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (North Carolina) Cyzicus sp. (24499)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany Cyzicus fimbriatus (47408) Cyzicus laxitextus, Cyzicus dorsorectus, Cyzicus minutus (34416) Cyzicus minutus (47406 47409) Cyzicus minutus, Cyzicus fimbriatus (47407)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Cyzicus sp. (107286)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Chile (Concepción) Menucoestheria terneraensis, Polygrapta troncosoi (123024)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (North Carolina) Palaeolimnadia sp. (89149)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Chile (Copiapó) Menucoestheria terneraensis (224018)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Germany Euestheria kozuri (192679 192687) Euestheria sp. A, Euestheria kozuri, Gregoriusella striatula, Laxitextella sp. A, Laxitextella freybergi, Laxitextella dorsorecta (192681)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Estheriina kawasakii, Lioestheria sp. (212796 212973)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Cyzicus sp. (48424)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (North Carolina) Cyzicus sp., Palaeolimnadia sp. (227823)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Pennsylvania) Cyzicus sp. (105836)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Jersey) Cyzicus sp. (12856 55418) Cyzicus sp., Palaeolimnadia sp. (227832)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Poland (Slaskie) Euestheria brodieana (85500)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Euestheria minuta (219459)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Euestheria minuta (204163)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) Shipingia sp. (48422)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Euestheria sp. (40565)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Cyzicus sp. (38479)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian167.7 - 150.8China (Liaoning) Euestheria sp. (92421)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2China (Nei Mongol) Euestheria sp. (27891)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3China (Liaoning) Euestheria luanpingensis (91487)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0Brazil Cyzicus pricei (94032 136382 136933 151878 211643)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0Guyana Pseudestheria sp. (209721)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Tithonian161.2 - 145.0Argentina (Chubut) Cyzicus sp. (51938)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Montana) Lioestheria sp. (69890)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Cyzicus tendagurensis (39419)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Lioestheria sp. A, Lioestheria sp. B (70031)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Lioestheria sp. A, Lioestheria sp. B, Lioestheria tendagurensis (231619)
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Brazil Cyzicus mawsoni (38885)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Thailand Cyzicus sp. (122855)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Spinicaudata indet. (222373)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) Antronestheriidae indet. (119697)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Spinicaudata indet. (55682 94660)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Turfanograpta sp. (123933)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Texas) Cyzicus sp. (14375)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Cyzicus sp. (14390 14391 106378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Argentina Cyzicus codoensis (22710)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Cyzicus shupei (6546)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Estheriina astartoides (38890)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Ethmosestheria mahajangaensis (55270)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Montana) Estherites jocelynae (211242)