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Bythocypris osagensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae

Taxonomy
Bythocypris osagensis was named by Kellett (1935). Its type specimen is USNM 90100 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Highway 50N, 4 miles north of Burlingame, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Burlingame Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Bythocypris osagensis Kellett p. 137 figs. Pl 16, figs 13a-c

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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)
familyBythocyprididaeMaddocks 1969
genusBythocyprisBrady 1880
speciesosagensis

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.

Bythocypris osagensis Kellett 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.220
valve height10.300

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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Bythocypris osagensis (type locality: 132994)