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Bairdiocyprididae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Bairdiocyprididae Shaver
1966Longisculidae Neckaja
2005Longisculidae Liebau p. 120
2005Bairdiocyprididae Liebau p. 121
2007Bairdiocyprididae Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau p. 182
2016Longisculidae Abushik and Evdokimova p. 714
2018Bairdiocyprididae Tanaka p. 22
2020Longisculidae Zhang p. 512
2024Bairdiocyprididae Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. p. 184

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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
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdiocypridoidea(Shaver 1961)
familyBairdiocyprididaeShaver 1961
familyBairdiocyprididaeShaver 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.

Fm. †Bairdiocyprididae Shaver 1961
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G. †Bairdiocypridella Blumenstengel 1965
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Invalid names: Macrocyproides [synonym]
G. †Bairdiocypris Kegel 1932
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†Bairdiocypris gongylus Kesling and Chilman 1978
†Bairdiocypris rhenana Kegel 1932
G. †Bairdites
G. †Bekena
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†Elliptocyprites kegeli Boucek 1936
G. †Orthocypris Kummerow 1953
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†Orthocypris cristae Maillet et al. 2013
G. †Phelobythocypris Warshauer and Berdan 1982
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G. †Praepilatina Polenova 1970
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†Praepilatina adamczaki Olempska 1979
†Praepilatina minuta Kozur 1985
†Praepilatina silicensis Kesling and Chilman 1978
†Praepilatina texanus Harlton 1929
G. †Pseudobythocypris Shaver 1958
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†Pseudobythocypris centralis Coryell and Billings 1932
†Pseudobythocypris hockingi Ferdinando 2001
†Pseudobythocypris lordi Ferdinando 2001
†Pseudobythocypris procera Coryell and Billings 1932
†Pseudobythocypris sublunata Jones and Kirkby 1886
G. †Rugocytherellina Kesling and Chilman 1978
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†Rugocytherellina ehlersi Kesling and Chilman 1978
G. †Silenites
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†Silenites lenticularis Knight 1928
†Silenites limatus Guan 1978
†Silenites subrounda Hou 1954
†Silenites sureeae Chitnarin 2017
†Silenites testatus Chen 1958
†Silenites unicostus Chen and Bao 1986
G. †Turiella
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†Turiella summotriangulata Becker and Wang 1992
G. †Uthoerina
G. †Wangshangkia Song and Gong 2018
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†Wangshangkia jiwozhaiensis Song et al. 2024
Invalid names: Bairdiocypridinae Shaver 1961 [empty], Longisculidae Neckaja 1966 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Rangerian to the top of the Julian or 471.30000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (379 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Macrocyproides sp. (297 104453 104461)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2Argentina Longiscula sp. (9032)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Bairdiocypris granti (24621 25933 26054 26057) Bairdiocypris sp. (315)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Macrocyproides sp. (104445 104446 104464)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Bairdiocypris sp. (102255)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Russian Federation (Novgorod Oblast) Longiscula parrectis (235857)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Hubei) Longiscula sp., Elliptocyprites sp. (4713)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Oviedo) Elliptocyprites sp. (21094)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Bairdiocypris granti (102271)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Bairdiocypris cylindrica (24637)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Slovenia Praepilatina minuta (234863 234864 234875)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Silenites sp. 1, Silenites lenticularis (106655)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Serbia Pseudobythocypris sp., Silenites sp. 1 (112049) Silenites zhejiangensis (112046 112048)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Silenites sp. (148483 148497 148500 148504 148507 148512 148513) Silenites spp. (148489)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Pseudobythocypris centralis (97090 97107 97109 97110) Pseudobythocypris procera (95339 97093 97094 97101 97105 97106) Pseudobythocypris procera, Pseudobythocypris centralis (97092 97095 97097 97103) Pseudobythocypris sp. 1 (95336 97099) Pseudobythocypris sp. 1, Pseudobythocypris centralis (97104) Pseudobythocypris sp. 1, Pseudobythocypris procera, Pseudobythocypris centralis (97098) Pseudobythocypris sp., Pseudobythocypris procera, Pseudobythocypris centralis (97089)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Israel Pseudobythocypris sp. (108990)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Türkiye Silenites sp. 2 (169073 169088) Silenites sp. 2, Silenites sp. 4 (169086) Silenites sp. 3, Silenites sp. 1, Silenites sp. 2, Silenites sp. 4 (169068) Silenites sp. 3, Silenites sp. 4 (169090) Silenites sp. 3, Silenites sp. 6 (169072) Silenites sp. 4 (169091) Silenites sp. 5 (169067 169087) Silenites sp. 5, Silenites sp. 1, Silenites sp. 4 (169076) Silenites sp. 5, Silenites sp. 3 (169060) Silenites sp. 6 (169074)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) Silenites sp. (148480)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Bairdiocypris sp. (162392)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (Alaska) Pseudobythocypris sp. (162418)