Branchiopoda
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Branchinecta brushi is a new species of fairy shrimp described from a pool within the volcanic crater of Cerro Paniri, northern Chile. Its occurrence represents a new altitude record for anostracans (5930 m), and it shares the title for... more
The early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of northeastern China contains a diverse group of ‘notostracans’, including two genera, Chenops and Jeholops, newly described here. Chenops is characterized by the combination of an ovate carapace, narrow... more
ABSTRACT A new notostracan crustacean, Strudops goldenbergi gen. et sp. nov., is described from the well-preserved terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Upper Devonian of Strud, Belgium. The fossil notostracan bears a close resemblance to... more
In order to understand relationships between living and fossil groups of spinicaudatan clam shrimp, it is important to review historical and contemporary attempts at evaluating the evolutionary history of the group. A comprehensive review... more
In December 26th 2003, several speciems of Tanymastix stagnalis (Anostraca, Branchiopoda) were found at the very tip of a rock, at the Parque Natural Los Alcornocales, Cadiz province, Spain.
Sampling in two freshwater bodies near Pune City, Maharashtra State located in the northern region of the Western Ghats revealed the presence of three species of clam shrimps. In this paper we provide new locality records of genera... more
The first fossil ephippia (cladoceran exuvia containing resting eggs) belonging to the extant genus Ceriodaphnia (Anomopoda: Daphniidae) are reported from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) freshwater Koonwarra Fossil Bed (Strzelecki Group),... more