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Bufinidae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bufinidae

Taxonomy
Bufinidae was named by Sohn and Stover (1961). Its type is Bufina.

It was assigned to Quasillitacea by Benson et al. (1961); to Quasillitoidea by Liebau (2005); to Thlipsuracea by Crasquin (2008); and to Healdiacea by Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya (2021).

Subtaxa
Aurigerites, Bufina (type genus), Bythocyproidea, Punctomosea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Bufinidae Benson et al. p. Q376
1961Bufinidae Sohn and Stover
2005Bufinidae Liebau p. 121
2008Bufinidae Crasquin p. 544
2021Bufinidae Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyHealdioidea(Harlton 1933)
familyBufinidaeSohn and Stover 1961
familyBufinidaeSohn and Stover 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. †Bufinidae Sohn and Stover 1961
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†Aurigerites siciliaensis Crasquin 2008
G. †Bufina Coryell and Malkin 1936
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†Bufina abbreviata Peterson 1966
†Bufina curti Coley 1954
†Bufina spinulifera Stewart 1936
G. †Bythocyproidea Stewart and Hendrix 1945
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†Bythocyproidea eriensis Stewart and Hendrix 1945
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 Eifelian to the top of the Roadian or 393.47000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco Bufina subovalis (214952)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France Bufina abbreviata (38683) Bufina shaderthalensis, Bufina abbreviata (38681)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Bufina abbreviata, Bufina curti, Bufina spinulifera, Bythocyproidea eriensis (38475 38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) Bufina bicornuta (9887 9888) Bufina sp. (627)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Bufina bicornuta (94041 94044 94046) Bufina bicornuta, Punctomosea cristata (94042 94045 94048 94049) Bufina bicornuta, Punctomosea cristata, Bythocyproidea eriensis (94047)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Bufina abbreviata, Bufina curti, Bufina spinulifera, Bythocyproidea eriensis (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Bythocyproidea sp. A (6734)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Italy Aurigerites siciliaensis (106547 106548)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand Aurigerites sp. (223889)