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Borgerscottia gerryi

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Borgerscottia gerryi was named by Kozur (1985). Its type specimen is P 1509/Ko 1980 I-602 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mihalovits quarry, sample Bükk 10/1980, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Nagyvisnyo Formation of Hungary.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Borgerscottia gerryi Kozur p. 63 figs. Pl 14, figs 4-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
genusBorgerscottia
speciesgerryi

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.

Borgerscottia gerryi Kozur 1985
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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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Hungary Borgerscottia gerryi (146175)