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Basslerella shaxianensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Basslerella shaxianensis was named by Yi (1990). Its type specimen is Fuzhou Univ Dep Geol Mining Eng 13022, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gaodi, ZK302, Shaxian, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chuanshan Formation of China.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Basslerella shaxianensis Yi p. 740 figs. Pl 2, figs 7,8; text-fig 2

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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
speciesshaxianensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.336

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Fujian) Basslerella shaxianensis (type locality: 95696)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Basslerella shaxianensis (95699 95700 95702)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Basslerella shaxianensis (95705)