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Saida

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Saida is a genus. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Saida Benson et al. p. Q356
2002Saida Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
genusSaida

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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Serravallian or 37.20000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) S. limbata (161903)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44South Africa (North Cape) S. sp. (37451)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland S. sp. 1 (138847)