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Kempfina tergilata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bairdiacratia tergilata was named by Crasquin (2008). Its type specimen is P6M2281, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bulla section BU3, Bulla Member, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone/wackestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Kempfia tergilata by Crasquin (2009); it was recombined as Kempfina tergilata by Crasquin and Forel (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Bairdiacratia tergilata Crasquin p. 246 figs. Pl 3, figs 17,18
2009Kempfia tergilata Crasquin p. 314
2010Kempfina tergilata Crasquin and Forel p. 356

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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
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
genusKempfina
speciestergilata()

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.

†Kempfina tergilata Crasquin 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height20.4570.4500.4650.4580.011

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy Bairdiacratia tergilata (type locality: 84130 84133)