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Ceratobairdia ambigua

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Ceratobairdia ambigua was named by Ishizaki (1964). Its type specimen is IGPS 85810, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iwaizaki, Member G, Hashikami Village, Motoyoshi County, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Iwaizaki Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Vanganardia ambigua by Gramm (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. venterocosta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Ceratobairdia ambigua Ishizaki p. 155 figs. Pl 19, figs 6-8
1997Vanganardia ambigua Gramm p. 63
2015Ceratobairdia ambigua Zazzali et al. p. 294 figs. 6A-C

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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
genusCeratobairdia
speciesambigua

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.

†Ceratobairdia ambigua Ishizaki 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height11.16----
valve height20.8450.7600.9400.8500.127

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 Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Ceratobairdia ambigua (type locality: 109844)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Ceratobairdia ambigua (189480)