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Cryptobairdia seminalis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bairdia seminalis was named by Knight (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 13. Belt Line Ry. (T. R. R. A.), first cut south of Clayton road, which is in a Desmoinesian carbonate limestone in the Fort Scott Limestone Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Bairdia (Cryptobairdia) seminalis by Crasquin-Soleau (1997); it was recombined as Cryptobairdia seminalis by Chitnarin (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hungarica, C. postilonga

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Bairdia seminalis Knight p. 320 figs. Pl 43, figs 3a-d
1933Bairdia samplei Coryell and Booth p. 264 figs. Pl 3, figs 12, 13
1933Bairdia tumida Upson p. 21 figs. Pl 2, figs 3a-c
1934Bairdia seminalis Kellett p. 127 figs. Pl 15, figs 2a-c
1997Bairdia (Cryptobairdia) seminalis Crasquin-Soleau p. 69 figs. Pl 6, fig 8
2017Cryptobairdia seminalis Chitnarin p. 670 figs. 15D-F

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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
genusCryptobairdia
speciesseminalis(Knight 1928)

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.

†Cryptobairdia seminalis Knight 1928
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Invalid names: Bairdia samplei Coryell and Booth 1933 [synonym], Bairdia tumida Upson 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.680
shell height10.310
valve height10.640

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 Kasimovian to the top of the Wordian or 307.00000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Bairdia seminalis (type locality: 148422 215003 215051 215053 215205 215207 215209)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Bairdia seminalis (132992 133146 133150)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Indiana) Bairdia seminalis (215554)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Bairdia seminalis (132987 132990 132991 132993 132994 133136 133137 133138 133139 133141 133142 133151 133152 133153 133154 133155 133156)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Bairdia seminalis (95378 95379)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand Cryptobairdia seminalis (137897 137898 137899)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Bairdia seminalis (106669)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Bairdia seminalis (88235)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Cryptobairdia seminalis (223976)