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Bairdia armenica

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy

Bairdia armenica was named by Belousova (1965). Its type specimen is MGU 30/8 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dorasham 2, Ali Bashi Formation, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Ali Bashi Formation of Azerbaijan.

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. croneisi, B. croskeina, B. cultrijugati, B. dissortis, B. dolicha, B. egorovi, B. eleziana, B. exoura, B. fabaeformis, B. fusca, B. gibbosa, B. gosportensis, B. haworthi, B. hilda, B. hispida, B. hiwannensis, B. hondurasensis, B. isoscelata, B. kaschewarovae, B. kawakensis, B. kelleri, B. kinderhookensis, B. knuepferi, B. legumen, B. longisetosa, B. meishanensis, B. moorei, B. mucronata, B. multihilosa, B. nitida, B. oklahomensis, B. opisthorhadina, 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
1965	Bairdia armenica Belousova p. 258 figs. Pl 47, fig 4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	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	armenica

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 armenica Belousova 1965

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
carapace height	3	0.460	0.300	0.580	0.560	0.156

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 Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Azerbaijan	Bairdia armenica (97229 110668 110669 110670 110671 110676)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	Azerbaijan	Bairdia armenica (type locality: 97207)