Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Basslerella superarella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Basslerella superarella was named by Crasquin (2015). Its type specimen is P6M3513, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. angulata, B. quasicrassa, B. regularis, B. saumica, B. suavis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Basslerella superarella Crasquin p. 427 figs. 11U-Z

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
genusBasslerella
speciessuperarella

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.

†Basslerella superarella Crasquin 2015
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002

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 - 254.14Iran Basslerella superarella (168894)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Basslerella superarella (125568 125570 125571 168898 168899 168900 168907 168913 168915 168916 168917 168919 168922 168923 168926 168927 168930)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Iran Basslerella superarella (168933 168934 168935 168942 168945)