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Bufina

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bufinidae

Taxonomy
Bufina was named by Coryell and Malkin (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Give-u]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Bufinidae.

It was assigned to Bufinidae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Metacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. abbreviata, B. curti, B. spinulifera
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. subovalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Bufina Coryell and Malkin
1961Bufina Benson et al. p. Q375
2002Bufina Sepkoski

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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
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyHealdioidea(Harlton 1933)
familyBufinidaeSohn and Stover 1961
genusBufinaCoryell and Malkin 1936

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.

G. †Bufina Coryell and Malkin 1936
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†Bufina abbreviata Peterson 1966
†Bufina curti Coley 1954
†Bufina spinulifera Stewart 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Eifelian to the top of the Givetian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco B. subovalis (214952)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) B. bicornuta (94041 94042 94044 94045 94046 94047 94048 94049)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) B. abbreviata, B. curti, B. spinulifera (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) B. abbreviata, B. curti, B. spinulifera (38475 38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France B. abbreviata (38683) B. shaderthalensis, B. abbreviata (38681)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) B. bicornuta (9887 9888) B. sp. (627)