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Beyrichia

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae

Taxonomy
Beyrichia was named by M'Coy (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Beyrichiidae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Beyrichia M'Coy
1961Beyrichia Benson et al.
2002Beyrichia Sepkoski
2002Neobeyrichia Sepkoski
2002Nodibeyrichia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyBeyrichioideaMatthew 1886
familyBeyrichiidaeJones 1894
genusBeyrichiaM'Coy 1846

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.

G. †Beyrichia M'Coy 1846
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Subg. †Beyrichia (Gibba) Fuchs 1920
Beyrichia costata Linnarsson 1869
Invalid names: Neobeyrichia [synonym], Nodibeyrichia [synonym]
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: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Wordian or 452.00000 to 265.10000 Ma

Collections (119 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chatfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (New York) B. sp. (76093)
Edenian - Maysvillian460.9 - 449.5USA (Iowa) B. irregularis (23235)
Edenian - Maysvillian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota) B. irregularis (23191)
Maysvillian452.0 - 449.5USA (Iowa) B. irregularis (23236)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.6Czech Republic B. sp. (3875)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) B. diffisa (162335)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) B. lakemontensis (77051 77054 77081) B. sp. (463)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4China (Yunnan) B. sp. (27860)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Scotland) B. sp. (26887)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (23089)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4USA (New York) B. lakemontensis (12929 13045)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0USA (Maryland) B. moodeyi (41096 41125 41126) B. veronica (41128)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0USA (West Virginia) B. moodeyi (41085)
Adavere439.0 - 428.2Estonia (Saare) B. valguensis (192058)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) B. jonesi (49638)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) B. sp. (76074)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) B. mirabilis, B. quadricornuta (206347)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (West Virginia) B. spp. (40729)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (New York) B. lakemontensis (77053 81820 81878 81909 82554 82558 82607 83097)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) B. hirsuta (13674)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway B. sp. (14266) Neobeyrichia sp. (14314)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) B. sp. (13594 13597 13598)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (New York) B. lakemontensis (81816 81908 82512 82513 82514) B. veronica (82510 82597)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) B. sp. (541) B. veronica (81805 81840 81873 81898 81905 81906 81917 81920)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Lithuania B. subornata (207352)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Siberia) B. kureikiana (206378) B. mirabilis (206379 206380 206381)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Ukraine B. subornata, B. hellwiensis (23353)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Italy (Sardinia) B. sp. (26163)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Norway Neobeyrichia sp. (14316)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) B. clausa (23057)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Russian Federation B. sp. (23500)
Jaani428.2 - 426.2Estonia (Saare) B. suurikuensis (195595)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Ukraine B. grogarniana, B. globifera, Neobeyrichia nutans (23375) B. grogarninana, B. globifera, Neobeyrichia expansa (23354)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6United Kingdom (England) B. spp. (49643)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Neobeyrichia nodulosa, Neobeyrichia sp. (13603)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine B. subornata, B. hellviensis (23372) B. subornata, B. hystricoides, B. haidbyensis (23374) Neobeyrichia lauensis (23356 23357)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) B. sp. (534)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Russian Federation (Siberia) B. parva (206346)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Wales) B. lauensis, B. torosa (74671) B. torosa (74805)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Lithuania Neobeyrichia buchiana, Neobeyrichia alia (207441 207442 207443)
Ludlow - Elton427.4 - 421.3United Kingdom (Wales) B. maccoyana (74672 74760)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Ukraine Neobeyrichia lauensis (23427)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Germany Neobeyrichia nutans, Neobeyrichia regnans (13836)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (8311 8313 8314 8316) B. sp., Neobeyrichia lauensis, Neobeyrichia sissica (8310) Neobeyrichia lauensis (8320) Neobeyrichia lauensis, Neobeyrichia scissa, Neobeyrichia confluens (23113)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Neobeyrichia buchiana (13622 13623) Neobeyrichia nodulosa, Neobeyrichia sp. (13616) Neobeyrichia sp. (13619)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom Nodibeyrichia verrucosa, Nodibeyrichia sp. (184278)
Ohesaare423.0 - 419.2Germany Nodibeyrichia gedanensis, Nodibeyrichia protuberans (13839)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (Nova Scotia) B. sp. (14200)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine Neobeyrichia lauensis (23429) Nodibeyrichia torosa (13873)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Lithuania B. globifera (207349)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) Neobeyrichia sp. (26913)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Germany Neobeyrichia buchiana, Neobeyrichia alia, Nodibeyrichia tuberculata, Nodibeyrichia bifida (13838) Neobeyrichia regnans, Neobeyrichia incerta, Neobeyrichia bulbata, Neobeyrichia buchiana, Neobeyrichia alia (13837)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom Nodibeyrichia sp. (184294) Nodibeyrichia verrucosa, Nodibeyrichia sp. (182187 182188)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8China (Guangxi) B. sp. (4005 4007)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (Nunavut) B. arctigena (26551)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) B. sp. (24815)
Helderberg416.0 - 391.9USA (Nevada) B. sp. (596)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Germany (Hessen) B. schmidti (38715)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5USA (Alaska) B. churkini (49107)
Couvinien409.1 - 383.7Australia (New South Wales) B. sp. (188209)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Alaska) B. sp. (111900)
Westphalian C314.6 - 311.45United Kingdom (England) B. arcuata (122564)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Italy B. sp. (108972)