Taxonomy of the clam shrimp Halysestheriidae (Diplostraca: Spinicaudata) from the Upper Cretaceous Nenjiang Formation in central Dayangshu Basin of eastern Inner Mongolia, northeastern China
Author
LI, GANG
text
Palaeoentomology
2021
2021-04-29
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.2.4
journal article
4093
10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.2.4
43c4ba9f-1f5a-47d8-b4bb-a642f0d78bc5
2624-2834
5507750
B023453A-C003-4B0E-8721-744168CBEA14
Superfamily
Estheriteoidea Zhang & Chen
in
Zhang
et al
., 1976
Diagnosis.
Carapace of various outlines. Umbo small, there are no special structures like spikes, nodules, gland or muscle scars. Growth lines have no reverse curvature at the anterior or posterior dorsal margins. There is no serration structure at the dorsal margin. Growth bands are ornamented with linear ornamentation, and/or from which derived decoration, like dendritic, plaid, chain-like, pitted, mixed decoration.
Remarks.
Zhang & Chen (in
Zhang
et al
., 1976
) named the superfamily
Estheriteoidea
. The above summarized diagnosis is a translation from the original Chinese diagnosis.