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Bairdia bassoni

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy

Bairdia bassoni was named by Crasquin (2010). Its type specimen is P6M2557, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan 04C23-2, Bed 23, Meishan D, which is in a Changhsingian offshore ramp lime mudstone in the Changxing 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
2010	Bairdia bassoni Crasquin p. 340 figs. 7Y-Z,C'-F'
2017	Bairdia bassoni Chitnarin p. 662 fig. 9E,F

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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	bassoni

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 bassoni Crasquin 2010

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
carapace height	1	0.540
valve height	1	0.425

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 Asselian to the top of the Changhsingian or 298.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Thailand	Bairdia bassoni (137896)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	China (Zhejiang)	Bairdia bassoni (97905 97910 97911 97915 97916 97920 type locality: 97925 97926 97927) Cryptobairdia compacta (117575 117578 117616 117620 117636 117649)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Serbia	Bairdia bassoni (112049)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Iran	Bairdia bassoni (125571 125572 168898 168914 168915 168916 168917 168920 168921 168922 168930)