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Conchostraca
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Conchostraca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | clam shrimp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (3.1%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cycloconchoididae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
| Fushunograptiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Isauridae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Leaiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Limnadopsidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 252 Ma Permian | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Estheria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 25 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Eustheria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Glyptoasmussia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Trigonestheria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1867 | Conchostraca Sars p. 5 |
| 1970 | Conchostraca Ellenberger p. 349 |
| 2005 | Conchostraca Martens et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
