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Basslerella obesa

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Basslerella obesa was named by Kellett (1935). Its type specimen is USNM 90124, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 6 miles S by SW of Topeka, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Wakarusa Formation of Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. angulata, B. quasicrassa, B. regularis, B. saumica, B. suavis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Basslerella obesa Kellett p. 156 figs. Pl 17, fig 6
1986Basslerella obesa Chen and Bao p. 121 figs. Pl 1, fig 30
1987Basslerella obesa Shi and Chen p. 54 figs. Pl 13, figs 24-27
1995Basslerella obesa Lethiers et al. fig. 3N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
genusBasslerella
speciesobesa

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.

†Basslerella obesa Kellett 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.3110.2600.3400.3250.036
valve height10.390----

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Basslerella obesa (type locality: 133136)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Basslerella obesa (95699 95700)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Basslerella obesa (142184 142185 142186 142187 142188 142189 142190 142191)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Basslerella obesa (95703 95705 95706 95709)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Guatemala Basslerella obesa (155573 155576)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Basslerella obesa (148489 148500 148506)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Basslerella obesa (121229 121289 121291 121293)