Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Parent taxon: Bairdiidae according to G. Becker and S. Q. Wang 1992
See also Benson et al. 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abrobairdia, Acratina, Anchistrocheles, Anisobairdia, Antibythocypris, Araxobairdia, Bairdianella, Bairdiinae, Bairdiolites, Bairdoppilata, Bispinacratia, Bohlenatia, Carinobairdiinae, Celechovites, Ceratobairdia, Ceratobairdiinae, Coryellites, Edithobairdia, Elpinella, Fabalicypris, Famenella, Heterobairdia, Isobythocypris, Kempfina, Liuzhinia, Neonesidea, Nodobairdia, Orthobairdia, Parabairdiacypris, Paramacrocypris, Paranesidea, Parurobairdia, Petasobairdia, Praezabythocypris, Pseudocyproides, Pustulobairdia, Sinabairdia, Spinobairdia, Triebelininae, Truncobairdia, Urobairdia, Vanganardia, Xixionopsis, Parabairdianella
Subtaxa: Krausella variata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Tunisia (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (2)
• Devonian of China (1)
• Whiterockian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), United States (8: Nevada)
• Chazyan of Canada (8: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (38: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), China (1), India (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (30: Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin)
Total: 93 collections including 127 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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