Archaebranchinecta barstowensis

Archaebranchinecta barstowensis; Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Anostraca
Family:	Branchinectidae
Genus:	Archaebranchinecta; Rogers & Coronel, 2011
Species:	† A. barstowensis
Binomial name
	Archaebranchinecta barstowensis; (Belk & Schram, 2001)
Synonyms
	Branchinecta barstowensis Belk & Schram, 2001

Archaebranchinecta barstowensis is a species of fairy shrimp (Anostraca) that inhabited California during the Middle Miocene (13.4 million years ago).[1] Its fecal material is abundant in the concretions from the Barstow Formation.[2] A limited number of whole specimens have been found, and they represent the "best-preserved fossil anostracan known to date".[1] The closest relative of A. barstowensis appears to be Archaebranchinecta pollicifera from the surroundings of Lake Titicaca,[1] and the two have been separated from the genus Branchinecta as the new genus Archaebranchinecta.[3]

References

Denton Belk & Frederick R. Schram (2001). "A new species of anostracan from the Miocene of California". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 21 (1): 49–55. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2001)021[0049:ANSOAF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0278-0372. JSTOR 1549760.
Lisa E. Park & Kevin F. Downing (2001). "Paleoecology of an exceptionally preserved arthropod fauna from lake deposits of the Miocene Barstow Formation, Southern California, U.S.A". Palaios. 16 (2): 175–184. doi:10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016<0175:POAEPA>2.0.CO;2.
D. Christopher Rogers & Jorge S. Coronel (2011). "A redescription of Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1940, and its placement in a new genus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 31 (4): 717–724. doi:10.1651/10-3449.1.

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[Belk_&_Schram,_2001-1] Denton Belk & Frederick R. Schram (2001). "A new species of anostracan from the Miocene of California". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 21 (1): 49–55. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2001)021[0049:ANSOAF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0278-0372. JSTOR 1549760.

[2] Lisa E. Park & Kevin F. Downing (2001). "Paleoecology of an exceptionally preserved arthropod fauna from lake deposits of the Miocene Barstow Formation, Southern California, U.S.A". Palaios. 16 (2): 175–184. doi:10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016<0175:POAEPA>2.0.CO;2.

[3] D. Christopher Rogers & Jorge S. Coronel (2011). "A redescription of Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1940, and its placement in a new genus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 31 (4): 717–724. doi:10.1651/10-3449.1.