†superfamily Limnadioidea Baird 1894 (clam shrimp)

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca

Parent taxon: Spinicaudata according to C. C. Lana and I. S. Carvalho 2002

See also Wang 1980

Sister taxa: Cyzicoidea, Eosestherioidea, Lioestheriidae, Shipingiidae

Subtaxa: Limnadiidae

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Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection)

• Triassic of Brazil (1), China (1), France (4), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (5: New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Permian of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences

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