Lioestheria (Redirected from Estheria (crustacean))

Lioestheria
FMIB 47695 Estheria obliqua, one of the Conchostraca.jpeg
"Estheria" (Liostheria) obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Family: Lioestheriidae
Genus: Lioestheria

Lioestheria ('clam shrimp') are an extinct genus of crustaceans that thrived from the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous (360.7 to 99.7 Mya). They fed on detritus, being very small slow moving, nektonic organisms that filter fed as they floated. They have been found in both marine and freshwater environments.

First identified in 1912, they have been found in Germany, Hungary, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Texas, Utah and China.

There are two species:

  • Lioestheria monticula
  • Lioestheria carinacurvata



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