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Basslerites

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Basslerites is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Leguminocythereidae by Benson et al. (1961); to Trachyleberidinae by Carbonnel and Johnson (1989); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. abalidiegwuensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. minutus, B. miocenicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Basslerites Benson et al. p. Q307
1989Basslerites Carbonnel and Johnson p. 415
2002Basslerites Sepkoski

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusBasslerites

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
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 Richmondian to the top of the Tortonian or 449.60000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) B. sp. (188770)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Togo B. abalidiegwuensis (241096 241098 241151)
Early/Lower Eocene - Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria B. sp. (46246)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria (Imo) B. sp. (42651 42655)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria B. sp. (46260)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria B. abalidiegwuensis (60711 77257)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Togo B. abalidiegwuensis (241147 241150)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico B. sp. (94195)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago B. minutus (93913 93916 93917)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela B. miocenicus (93920 93921 93922 93923 93926 93927 93928 93930 93931 93932 93933 93935)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece B. sp. (138312 138336)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colón) B. miocenicus (93909)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) B. minutus (93906 93907)