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Branchiopoda

Branchiopoda

Overview

Members of class branchiopoda are small crustaceans that sometimes have a shield or bivalve-like carapace. They are typically found in fresh-water or brackish environments where they filter feed, eat detritus or prey on smaller animals.

Sources:

Tasch, P. 1969. Branchiopoda, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda 4, Volume 1. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 128-191 pp.


Orders of Branchiopoda present in the Creteacous of the Western Interior Seaway