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Ptychobairdia ruttneri

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Ptychobairdia ruttneri was named by Kristan-Tollmann (1991). Its type specimen is GBA 1985/5/4, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Faqir Marl Bed, Aghdarband, Khorassan, which is in a Ladinian deep subtidal shale in the Sina Formation of Iran.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. medwenitschi, P. veghae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Ptychobairdia ruttneri Kristan-Tollmann p. 196 figs. Pl 1, figs 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
subfamilyBairdiinaeSars 1888
genusPtychobairdiaKollman 1960
speciesruttneri

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.

†Ptychobairdia ruttneri Kristan-Tollmann 1991
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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: Ladinian or 241.46400 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Iran Ptychobairdia ruttneri (type locality: 97874)