Class Branchiopoda Latreille 1817 (branchiopod)
PaleoDB taxon number: 22113
Parent taxon: Crustacea according to J. W. Martin and G. E. Davis 2001
Sister taxa: Apudites, Bradoriamorphes, Canadaspidida, Cephalocarida, Cladocera, Copepoda, Eucrustacea, Maja, Malacostraca, Malacostraca, Maxillopoda, Nuculina, Oelandocaris, Ostracoda, Protocaridida, Remipedia, Siphonocetes, Waptiida
Subtaxa: Daphnia, Gilsonicaris, Limnadioidea, Phyllopoda, Sarsostraca
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore