In November, Ralf Werneburg and Jörg Schneider published a new genus and species of notostracan-like crustacean from the late Carboniferous of Germany: Thuringiops nephroides. They rightfully assessed that it probably belongs somewhere on the stem to the kazacharthran lineage (the monophyly of that is another issue entirely). #crustacea #arthropoda #branchiopoda #notostraca #paleontology #palaeontology #newspecies #systematics #germany #carboniferous

A couple of new fossil notostracan-related genera dropped in November, and I am only finding out about it now. sigh
More on this later.
#taxonomy #arthropoda #crustacea #branchiopoda #notostraca #paleontology #palaeontology

Triops is often called a living fossil. In fact, the species Triops cancriformis has been identified in rocks as old as the Triassic. To be frank, this is bullshit and lazy taxonomy. The fossils differ in several regards from modern Triops, and seem to warrant a new generic assignment. Curiously, the fossils in question are North American, but are assigned to the Eurasian species of Triops . . .
#notostraca #triops #livingfossil
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Triops is often called a living fossil. In fact, the species Triops cancriformis has been identified in rocks as old as the Triassic. To be frank, this is bullshit and lazy taxonomy. The fossils differ in several regards from modern Triops, and seem to warrant a new generic assignment. Curiously, the fossils in question are North American, but are assigned to the Eurasian species of Triops . . .
#notostraca #triops #livingfossil
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