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Bairdia girtyi

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy

Bairdia girtyi was named by Sohn (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. africana, B. altifrons, B. anomala, B. antamputata, B. auricula, B. austriaca, B. billjohnsoni, B. birinae, B. bradfieldi, B. cassiana, B. ciscoensis, B. colonensis, B. condylus, B. confragosaeformis, B. crebra, B. croneisi, B. croskeina, B. cultrijugati, B. dissortis, B. dolicha, B. egorovi, B. eleziana, B. eleziana, B. exoura, B. fabaeformis, B. fusca, B. gibbosa, B. gosportensis, B. haworthi, B. hilda, B. hisingeriformis, B. hispida, B. hiwannensis, B. hondurasensis, B. isoscelata, B. kaschewarovae, B. kawakensis, B. kelleri, B. kinderhookensis, B. knuepferi, B. legumen, B. longisetosa, B. manifesta, B. meishanensis, B. moorei, B. mucronata, B. multihilosa, B. nitida, B. oklahomensis, B. opisthorhadina, B. paraproba, B. peneovoidea, B. philippovae, B. pinnula, B. proxischimensis, B. psiegorkiensis, B. rectifrontis, B. singularis, B. soldadensis, B. subcitriformis, B. subeleziana, B. subvexa, B. summa, B. turgida, B. urodeliformis, B. virga, B. feliumgibba, B. pompillioides, B. gliberti

Synonyms

Bairdia attenuata was named by Girty (1910).

It was replaced with Bairdia girtyi by Sohn (1961).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1910	Bairdia attenuata Girty p. 237
1961	Bairdia girtyi Sohn p. 26 figs. pl. 1 f. 32-36
1986	Bairdia girtyi Chen and Bao p. 115 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Bairdiocopina	Grundel 1967
superfamily	Bairdioidea	(Sars 1888)
family	Bairdiidae	Sars 1888
genus	Bairdia
species	girtyi	Sohn 1961

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Bairdia girtyi Sohn 1961

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Invalid names: Bairdia attenuata Girty 1910 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
carapace height	2	0.486	0.450	0.525	0.488	0.053

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Environment:

hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Diet 2:

grazero

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2010-02-05 02:00:00

Modified:

2010-02-23 23:16:56

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Kungurian or 342.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Meramecian	342.9 - 335.4	USA (Arkansas)	Bairdia girtyi (76118 76148)
Morrowan	323.4 - 318.6	USA (Texas)	Bairdia girtyi (236937)
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	China (Fujian)	Bairdia girtyi (95702)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	China (Fujian)	Bairdia girtyi (95707)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	China (Jiangsu)	Bairdia girtyi (142175 142178 142188)