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Basslerites abalidiegwuensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Basslerites abalidiegwuensis was named by Reyment (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. minutus, B. miocenicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Basslerites abalidiegwuensis Reyment
1989Basslerites abalidiegwuensis Carbonnel and Johnson p. 415

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusBasslerites
speciesabalidiegwuensisReyment 1963

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
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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Togo Basslerites abalidiegwuensis (241096 241098 241151)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Basslerites abalidiegwuensis (60711 77257)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Togo Basslerites abalidiegwuensis (241147 241150)