Lioestheria is an extinct genus of clam shrimp that thrived from the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous (360.7 to 99.7 Mya).[1] They fed on detritus, being very small slow moving, nektonic organisms that filter fed as they floated. They have been found in both marine and freshwater environments.[1]
| Lioestheria | |
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| Lioestheria obliqua | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Family: | †Lioestheriidae |
| Genus: | †Lioestheria |
First identified in 1912,[2] they have been found in Germany,[3] Hungary, Colorado,[4][5] New Mexico, Montana, Texas,[6] Utah[5] and China.[7]
There are two species:
References
edit- ^ a b "†Lioestheria Deperet and Mazeran 1912 (clam shrimp)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Depéret, Ch, and P. Mazeran. "Les Estheria du Permien d'Autun." Société d'Histoire Naturalle d'Autun, Bulletin 25 (1912): 165-174.
- ^ D.S. Berman, S.S. Sumida, and T. Martens. 1998. Diadectes (Diadectomorpha: Diadectidae) from the Early Permian of Central Germany, with description of a new species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 67(1):53-93
- ^ J. I. Kirkland and H. J. Armstrong. 1992. Taphonomy of the Mygatt-Moore (M&M) Quarry, middle Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) western Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(3, suppl.):55A
- ^ a b Lucas, S.G. and Kirkland, J.I., 1998. Preliminary report on conchostraca form the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, western United states. Modern Geology, 22, p.415-422.
- ^ P. Tasch. 1967. Conchostracans from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Paluxy Formation, Texas. 41(1):256-259
- ^ Z. Q. Yao, J. T. Xu, Z. G. Zheng, X. H. Zhao, and Z. G. Mou. 1980. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 1-277
- ^ "†Lioestheria monticula Martens 1983 (clam shrimp)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Martens, Thomas; Lucas, Spencer (2005). "TAXONOMY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF CONCHOSTRACA (BRANCHIOPODA, CRUSTACEA) FROM TWO NONMARINE PENNSYLVANIAN AND LOWER PERMIAN LOCALITIES IN NEW MEXICO". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. 30: 208–213.
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