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Orthobairdia ponderosa

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bairdia ponderosa was named by Chen (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-47, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

It was recombined as Orthobairdia ponderosa by Chen and Bao (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Bairdia ponderosa Chen p. 225 figs. Pl 8, figs 6-9
1986Orthobairdia ponderosa Chen and Bao p. 117 figs. Pl 1, fig 27; pl 2, fig 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
genusOrthobairdia
speciesponderosa()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height30.7200.4251.020.8620.308
valve height10.900----

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Bairdia ponderosa (142172 142183) Orthobairdia ponderosa (142171 142184 142188 142189 142190)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Orthobairdia ponderosa (95703 95704 95705 95707 95708)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Bairdia ponderosa (197598)