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Bulbosohnia bolboformis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Beecherellidae

Taxonomy
Bulbosohnia bolboformis was named by Becker and Wang (1992). Its type specimen is NIGP 115782, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Damaoqi, sample H53, which is in a Wenlock/Ludlow carbonate limestone in the Bateaobao Formation of China. It is the type species of Bulbosohnia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Bulbosohnia bolboformis Becker and Wang p. 42 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-4

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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)
familyBeecherellidaeUlrich 1894
genusBulbosohnia
speciesbolboformis

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.

†Bulbosohnia bolboformis 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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Ludlow or 432.90000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Nei Mongol) Bulbosohnia bolboformis (143443 type locality: 143445)