A new crustacean clam shrimp (Spinicaudata: Eosestheriidae) from the Upper Triassic of Argentina and its importance for 'conchostracan' taxonomy

A new species of a fossil crustacean clam shrimp (Spinicaudata: Eosestheriidae) Menucoestheria wichmanni is described from the lower Upper Triassic Vera Formation (Los Menucos Complex) in Rio Negro Province, southern Argentina. This discovery represents the first record of this family in the Triassi...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
Main Author: Gallego, Oscar Florencio
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Argentina
Biogeography
Eosestheriidae
Evolution
Spinicaudata
Taxonomy
Triassic
Vera Formation
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
Nordeste
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/37001

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