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Bairdiacypris sinensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bairdiacypris sinensis was named by Chen (1958). Its type specimen is NIGP 9123 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 sinensis Chen p. 232 figs. Pl 7, figs 14-17
1987Bairdiacypris sinensis Shi and Chen p. 51 figs. Pl 12, figs 16-18

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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
speciessinensis

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 height30.5060.3500.6400.5800.153

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 Artinskian to the top of the Changhsingian or 290.10000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Bairdiacypris sinensis (95701)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Bairdiacypris sinensis (95705 95707)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Bairdiacypris sinensis (type locality: 142178 142187)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Bairdiacypris sinensis (117575 117576 117577 117581 117588 117590 117595 117596 117597 117598 117601 117617 117642 117656 117661 117665 117667 117668 117669)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Bairdiacypris sinensis (148483)