Family Triopsidae Keilhack 1909 (Tadpole shrimp)

Branchiopoda - Notostraca - Triopsidae

Synonyms: Apodiadae Burmeister 1846, Apodidae Burmeister 1846

Full reference: L. Keilhack. 1909. Zur nomenklatur der deutschen phyllopoden. Zoologische Annalen 3:177-184

Parent taxon: Notostraca according to R. Garrouste et al. 2009

See also M'Coy 1849 and Tasch 1969

Sister taxa: Apodites, Chenops, Jeholops

Subtaxa: Lepidurus Lynceites Triops

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Type: Triops

Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection)

• Triassic of France (3)

• Permian of France (1)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Germany (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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