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Bairdia wailiensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy

Bairdia wailiensis was named by Crasquin-Soleau (2006). Its type specimen is P6M2178, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waili South W163, Fengshan, which is in a Griesbachian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Luolou Formation of China.

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2006	Bairdia wailiensis Crasquin-Soleau p. 60 figs. Pl 1, figs 15-17
2011	Bairdia wailiensis Forel and Crasquin p. 459 fig. 3R
2015	Bairdia wailiensis Forel et al. p. 416 figs. 3C-G

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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	wailiensis

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 wailiensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Spathian or 254.14000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (30 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Iran	Bairdia wailiensis (125570 125571 125572 168895 168898 168899 168900 168905 168913 168914 168915 168917 168919 168922 168923 168930 168931)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Hungary	Bairdia wailiensis (140058 140060 140065 140066 140068)
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	Hungary	Bairdia wailiensis (140069 140070 140071)
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	China (Guangxi)	Bairdia wailiensis (type locality: 106639)
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	China (Zhejiang)	Bairdia wailiensis (116323)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	China (Guangxi)	Bairdia wailiensis (106648)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	China (Guangxi)	Bairdia wailiensis (106638 106645)