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Bairdia episkopiensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy

Bairdia episkopiensis was named by Crasquin-Soleau (1998). Its type specimen is MGL74393, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Rigas, Sample 50148, Hydra, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Cape Rigas Formation of Greece.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. africana, B. altifrons, B. anomala, B. antamputata, B. auricula, B. austriaca, B. billjohnsoni, B. birinae, B. bradfieldi, B. cassiana, B. ciscoensis, B. colonensis, B. condylus, B. confragosaeformis, B. crebra, B. croneisi, B. croskeina, B. cultrijugati, B. dissortis, B. dolicha, B. egorovi, B. eleziana, B. eleziana, B. exoura, B. fabaeformis, B. fusca, B. gibbosa, B. gosportensis, B. haworthi, B. hilda, B. hisingeriformis, B. hispida, B. hiwannensis, B. hondurasensis, B. isoscelata, B. kaschewarovae, B. kawakensis, B. kelleri, B. kinderhookensis, B. knuepferi, B. legumen, B. longisetosa, B. manifesta, B. meishanensis, B. moorei, B. mucronata, B. multihilosa, B. nitida, B. oklahomensis, B. opisthorhadina, B. paraproba, B. peneovoidea, B. philippovae, B. pinnula, B. proxischimensis, B. psiegorkiensis, B. rectifrontis, B. singularis, B. soldadensis, B. subcitriformis, B. subeleziana, B. subvexa, B. summa, B. turgida, B. urodeliformis, B. virga, B. feliumgibba, B. pompillioides, B. gliberti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1998	Bairdia episkopiensis Crasquin-Soleau p. 136 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-8

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Bairdiocopina	Grundel 1967
superfamily	Bairdioidea	(Sars 1888)
family	Bairdiidae	Sars 1888
genus	Bairdia
species	episkopiensis

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.

†Bairdia episkopiensis Crasquin-Soleau 1998

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
carapace height	3	0.483	0.410	0.550	0.500	0.071

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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 298.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	Greece	Bairdia episkopiensis (112051)
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	Greece	Bairdia episkopiensis (type locality: 112050)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Greece	Bairdia episkopiensis (112052)