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Bairdiacypris ventralis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bairdiacypris ventralis was named by Chen (1958). Its type specimen is NIGP 9122 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-55, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Bairdiacypris ventralis Chen p. 231 figs. Pl 8, figs 4-6
1998Bairdiacypris ventralis Crasquin-Soleau figs. Pl 3, fig 13
2005Bairdiacypris ventralis Honigstein and Rosenfeld p. 410 figs. Pl 1, fig 16

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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
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
genusBairdiacyprisBradfield 1935
speciesventralis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.5820.4400.7700.6050.233

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 (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Greece Bairdiacypris ventralis (112051)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Bairdiacypris ventralis (142167 type locality: 142178 142180 142188 142190 142191)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Israel Bairdiacypris ventralis (95762 109723)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Bairdiacypris ventralis (148481 148493 148504 148512)