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Bairdia modica

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bairdia modica was named by Chen (1958). Its type specimen is NIGP 9076 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-28, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. aculeata, B. acuminata, B. africana, B. altifrons, B. altodorsualis, B. amalthei, B. amygdaloidea, B. amygdaloides, B. anomala, B. antamputata, B. antillea, B. auricula, B. austriaca, B. bedfordensis, B. biacuta, B. bicornis, B. billjohnsoni, B. birinae, B. bradfieldi, B. bradyi, B. cassiana, B. cassiana, B. cassiana, B. cespedecensis, B. chasei, B. ciscoensis, B. colonensis, B. condylus, B. conformis, B. confragosaeformis, B. contracta, B. crebra, B. crebta, B. croneisi, B. croskeina, B. cultrataeformis, B. cultrijugati, B. cyrtia, B. deducta, B. delicata, B. devonica, B. dimorpha, B. dissortis, B. djurtjulensis, B. dolicha, B. dornickhillensis, B. dorsoconstricta, B. egorovi, B. elegantissima, B. eleziana, B. eleziana, B. exoura, B. fabaeformis, B. fusca, B. gambaneraensis, B. gibbosa, B. gosportensis, B. haworthi, B. hilda, B. hisingeri, B. hisingeriformis, B. hispida, B. hiwannensis, B. hondurasensis, B. isoscelata, B. kaschewarovae, B. kawakensis, B. kelleri, B. kettneri, B. kinderhookensis, B. knuepferi, B. legumen, B. longisetosa, B. manifesta, B. manifesta, B. meishanensis, B. michailensis, B. moorei, B. moreyi, B. mucronata, B. multihilosa, B. mutablis, B. nanbiancunensis, B. nasuta, B. naumovae, B. navicula, B. nitida, B. ohmerti, B. oklahomensis, B. opisthorhadina, B. ovata, B. oviformis, B. paffrathensis, B. paraproba, B. peneovoidea, B. perlonga, B. philippovae, B. pinnula, B. plicatula, B. pompiloides, B. proba, B. proxischimensis, B. pseudoseptentrionalis, B. psiegorkiensis, B. quasifabaeformis, B. rectifrontis, B. salemensis, B. sanctacrucensis, B. singularis, B. soldadensis, B. subaequalis, B. subcitriformis, B. subeleziana, B. subelongata, B. subglennensis, B. subsingularis, B. subvexa, B. sukhonica, B. summa, B. summacuminata, B. tumidosa, B. turgida, B. urodeliformis, B. vassinoensis, B. virga, B. willisensis, B. woodwardensis, B. zbikowskae, B. feliumgibba, B. pompillioides, B. trigona, B. gliberti, B. paffrathensis, B. angusta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Bairdia modica Chen p. 221 figs. Pl 4, figs 15-17

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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)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
genusBairdia
speciesmodica

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.

Bairdia modica Chen 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height20.7340.7000.7700.7350.049

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Bairdia modica (type locality: 142159 142173)