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Basslerella tota

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Basslerella tota was named by Chen and Bao (1986). Its type specimen is NIGP 90143, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-40, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. suavis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Basslerella tota Chen and Bao p. 123 figs. Pl 1, figs 31,32; pl 4, figs 7,8
1998Basslerella tota Crasquin-Soleau figs. Pl 6, figs 9,12
2007Basslerella tota Crasquin-Soleau p. 231 fig. 3Q,R
2012Basslerella tota Forel p. 22 figs. 14O-Q
2013Basslerella tota Sebe et al. p. 518 figs. Pl 4, figs 10,11
2017Basslerella tota Chitnarin p. 682 figs. 24E-H
2021Basslerella tota Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya p. 6 fig. 3S

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
genusBasslerella
speciestota

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 tota Chen and Bao 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.3420.3100.3620.3500.024
shell height10.270----

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Bithynian or 298.90000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Thailand Basslerella tota (137889 137890 137891)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand Basslerella tota (137896 137900)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Italy Basslerella tota (106551)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Basslerella tota (95701 95702)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Basslerella tota (142164 type locality: 142169 142187 142188 142189)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Thailand Basslerella tota (137907)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Basslerella tota (95706 95707 95708 95710)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand Basslerella tota (223887)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Türkiye Basslerella tota (47907 47908)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Türkiye Basslerella tota (48000 48010 48011)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Basslerella tota (112061)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Basslerella tota (106650 106661)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Basslerella tota (132518 132519 132520 132522)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Basslerella tota (121225 121228 121288 121290 121293)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Romania Basslerella tota (154985)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Romania Basslerella tota (154998 154999 155000)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Romania Basslerella tota (155004 155005)