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Basslerella ola

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Basslerella ola was named by Chen and Bao (1986). Its type specimen is NIGP 90140, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-38, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. suavis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Basslerella ola Chen and Bao p. 122 figs. Pl 1, figs 34,35; pl 4, figs 1,2
2005Basslerella ola Yan et al. p. 253 figs. Pl 2, figs 13,14

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
genusBasslerella
speciesola

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.

†Basslerella ola Chen and Bao 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height30.3490.3200.3700.3600.026

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Zhejiang) Basslerella ola (120907)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Basslerella ola (95702)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Basslerella ola (95703 95705 95706 95709)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Basslerella ola (type locality: 142167 142184 142186 142187 142188)