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Lipostraca

fossil crustacean order
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  • branchiopod
    / Annotated classification

    †Order Lipostraca Known only from the Devonian; contains only the fossil Lepidocaris rhyniensis; 18 segments behind the head, plus telson-bearing caudal rami; no carapace; 13 pairs of trunk limbs in female; antennae large and branched, probably used in swimming; first maxillae small in the female but…

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    †Order Lipostraca Known only from the Devonian; contains only the fossil Lepidocaris rhyniensis; 18 segments behind the head, plus telson-bearing caudal rami; no carapace; 13 pairs of trunk limbs in female; antennae large and branched, probably used in swimming; first maxillae small in the female but…

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