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Mirabairdia minuta

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Mirabairdia minuta was named by Chen (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. longispinosa, M. longispinosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Mirabairdia minuta Chen
1987Mirabairdia minuta Shi and Chen p. 45 figs. Pl 6, figs 9-11; pl 19, fig 10; pl 21, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
subfamilyBairdiinaeSars 1888
genusMirabairdia
speciesminutaChen 1982

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.

†Mirabairdia minuta Chen 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.2950.2800.3100.2950.021
valve height10.280----

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Mirabairdia minuta (97923 117596 117601 117645 117650 117670)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Mirabairdia minuta (121290 121291 121293)