Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Alternative combination: Vanganardia ambigua
Full reference: K. Ishizaki. 1964. Middle Permian ostracodes from the Iwaizaki Limestone, northeast Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology 36:139-160
Belongs to Ceratobairdia according to S. Zazzali et al. 2015
See also Gramm 1997 and Ishizaki 1964
Sister taxa: Ceratobairdia dorsospinosa, Ceratobairdia sinensis, Ceratobairdia triassica, Ceratobairdia venterocostata, Ceratobairdia wordensis, Ceratobairdia xiaobaensis
Type specimen: IGPS 85810, a carapace. Its type locality is Iwaizaki, Member G, Hashikami Village, Motoyoshi County, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Iwaizaki Formation of Japan.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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