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Pustulobairdia meilinensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Pustulobairdia meilinensis was named by Yi (2004). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kongdongshan Section DMII-19-3, Datian County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Pustulobairdia meilinensis Yi p. 563 figs. Pl 1, figs 11,14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
genusPustulobairdia
speciesmeilinensis

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 height20.2950.2730.3180.2950.032

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Pustulobairdia meilinensis (type locality: 121213 121229 121230 121292)