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Praezabythocypris pulchra

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Praezabythocypris pulchra was named by Kozur (1985). Its type specimen is P 1541/Ko 1980 I-638 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nagyvisnyo 4 borehole, Mihalovits quarry, sample Nv 4/24, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Nagyvisnyo Formation of Hungary.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Praezabythocypris pulchra Kozur p. 84 figs. Pl 17, fig 13
2015Praezabythocypris pulchra Forel p. 328 figs. 11K-N
2020Praezabythocypris pulchra Gliwa et al. figs. 13Y-AB

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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
genusPraezabythocypris
speciespulchra

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
partNmean
valve height10.149

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: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Griesbachian or 259.51000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Italy Praezabythocypris pulchra (110840)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Hungary Praezabythocypris pulchra (type locality: 146201)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Praezabythocypris pulchra (220248 220249 220251 220252 220253 220254 220256)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Türkiye Praezabythocypris pulchra (169055 169057 169060 169063 169064 169068 169075 169080 169089 169091)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Iran Praezabythocypris pulchra (220259 220261 220262 220265)