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Ptychobairdia kuepperi

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Ptychobairdia kuepperi was named by Kollmann (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ptychobairdia.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ptychobairdia kuepperi Kollmann p. 97 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-5; pl 25, figs 1-5; text-fig 2
1963Ptychobairdia kuepperi Kollmann p. 179
1991Ptychobairdia kuepperi Lord and Lambourne figs. Pl 2, figs 13, 16
1994Ptychobairdia kuepperi Harloff and Jäger p. 23 figs. Pl 1, fig 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
specieskuepperiKollmann 1960

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 kuepperi Kollmann 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height30.7720.5501.160.7200.315

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Jamesoni or 237.00000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Ptychobairdia kuepperi (162392)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Ptychobairdia kuepperi (162397)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Ptychobairdia kuepperi (162399)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Germany Ptychobairdia kuepperi (139806 139807)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9Germany Ptychobairdia kuepperi (139808)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Ptychobairdia kuepperi (158460 158461 158463 158464)