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Palaeolimnadia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Branchiopoda
    Subclass:  
Diplostraca
    Order:  
Conchostraca
    Suborder:  
Spinicaudata
    Superfamily:  
Limnadiodea
    Family:  
Limnadiidae
    Subfamily:  
Estheriininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Palaeolimnadia RAYMOND, 1946
    Type Species:  
*Estheria wianamattensis MITCHELL, 1927, OD


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Fig 48,.4 "P. wianamattensis (MITCHELL); left valve, X21 (111).


Synonyms

Paleolimnadia


Geographic Distribution

Australia (New S. Wales)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Trias.(Wianamatta Series)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Induan
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
251.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Trias.(Wianamatta Series)
    Ending International Stage:  
Rhaetian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
201.36


Description

Relatively long oval carapace, large smooth umbonal region, and few growth lines.




References

Raymond, P. E., 1946, The genera of fossil Conchostracaan order of bivalved Crustacea: Harvard Univ., Museum Comp. Zoology, Bull., v. 96, no. 3, p. 218-307, pl. 1-6, text-fig. 1-6.


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