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Bispinacratia posterospinosa

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bispinacratia posterospinosa was named by Becker and Wang (1992). Its type specimen is NIGP 115763, a valve (left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xinhua County ADS-710, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Hsikuangshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Bispinacratia posterospinosa Becker and Wang p. 39 figs. Pl 12, figs 7,8

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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
genusBispinacratia
speciesposterospinosa

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.

†Bispinacratia posterospinosa Becker and Wang 1992
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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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Hunan) Bispinacratia posterospinosa (type locality: 143420)