Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Parent taxon: Bairdiidae according to R. Hoare and R. Mapes 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Yi 1990
Sister taxa: Abrobairdia, Acratina, Anchistrocheles, Anisobairdia, Antibythocypris, Araxobairdia, Bairdia, Bairdiacypris, Bairdianella, Bairdiinae, Bairdiolites, Bairdoppilata, Bispinacratia, Bohlenatia, Carinobairdiinae, Celechovites, Ceratobairdia, Ceratobairdiinae, Coryellites, Edithobairdia, Elpinella, Fabalicypris, Famenella, Heterobairdia, Isobythocypris, Kempfina, Krausella, Liuzhinia, Neonesidea, Nodobairdia, Parabairdiacypris, Paramacrocypris, Paranesidea, Parurobairdia, Petasobairdia, Praezabythocypris, Pseudocyproides, Pustulobairdia, Sinabairdia, Spinobairdia, Triebelininae, Truncobairdia, Urobairdia, Vanganardia, Xixionopsis, Parabairdianella
Subtaxa: Orthobairdia capuliformis Orthobairdia cestriensis Orthobairdia exilimarginata Orthobairdia guadalupiana Orthobairdia insolens Orthobairdia jeanlouisi Orthobairdia lemairei Orthobairdia meishanensis Orthobairdia ponderosa Orthobairdia texana Orthobairdia vanganensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections)
• Permian of Azerbaijan (1), China (62), Iran (18), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), United States (10: Kansas, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), United States (16: Arkansas, Kansas, Texas)
Total: 116 collections including 131 occurrences
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