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Bairdia

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bairdia was named by M'Coy (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 855]. It is extant. Its type is Bairdia curtus. It is the type genus of Bairdiacea, Bairdiinae.

It was reranked as Cythere (Bairdia) by Jones (1850).

It was assigned to Cythere by Jones (1850); to Bairdidae by Alexander (1934); to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Bairdiidae by Harlton (1933), Bertels (1968), Crasquin-Soleau (1999), Crasquin (2008), Sebe et al. (2013), Zazzali et al. (2015), Chitnarin (2017), Forel (2017), Forel (2017), Tanaka (2018) and Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya (2021); and to Bairdiinae by Kollmann (1963), Kozur (1985) and Forel (2022).

Species
B. (Cryptobairdia), B. (Rectobairdia), B. accuminata, B. acrisa, B. acuta, B. adelineae, B. akasakaensis, B. aksala, B. altiacuta, B. altiarcus, B. anachoreta, B. anbeedei, B. anisica, B. anisicaforma, B. anisongae, B. araxensis, B. ardmorensis, B. armenica, B. atudoreii, B. avrami, B. balatonica, B. bariudini, B. bassoni, B. baudini (syn. B. subsymmetrica), B. beedei (syn. B. marmorea), B. broutini, B. cahuzaci, B. calida, B. carinata, B. celsa, B. changyangensis, B. chaotianensis, B. chasae, B. cheni, B. cheni, B. citriformis, B. clio, B. crassa, B. cristata, B. curta, B. dadayi, B. davehornei, B. deducta, B. deformata, B. demissa, B. deweveri, B. diffusa, B. dongpanensis, B. donzei, B. dorsalta, B. eissensis, B. elongatella, B. elongatum, B. episkopiensis, B. eucurvia, B. fangnianqiaoi, B. fengshanensis, B. finalyi, B. folgeri (syn. B. mirabilis, B. xintanensis), B. fontainei, B. forakerensis, B. fortis (syn. B. crassa), B. fujisan, B. fusiformis, B. gaelleae, B. galei, B. garrisonensis, B. geinitziana, B. geisi, B. girtyi (syn. B. attenuata), B. gracilis, B. grahamensis (syn. B. deloi), B. grayi, B. grotei, B. guangxiensis, B. guttulae, B. hassi, B. hazzardi, B. herrigi, B. heshanensis, B. hiwanneensis, B. hoffmanae, B. hooverae, B. huberti, B. hugluensis, B. hupeiensis, B. hurwitzi, B. ikeyai, B. imposita, B. incisedorsa, B. indefinita, B. intermedia, B. ishizakii, B. jeancharlesi, B. jeromei, B. kandyzensis, B. kansasensis, B. kanwakensis, B. kemerensis, B. khaokanaensis, B. kutorgiana, B. kwanshanensis, B. letangae, B. limatusformis, B. liviae, B. longoarcuata, B. lungtanensis, B. macdonnelli, B. magna, B. mandruella, B. marginicompressa, B. megedensis, B. menardensis, B. mianyangensis, B. michelseni, B. minoensis, B. modica, B. molesta, B. monostorii (syn. B. humilis), B. monstrabilis, B. mui, B. munda, B. nagaiwensis, B. nagyvisnyoensis, B. nishiwakii, B. ogakiensis, B. oklahomaensis, B. omanensis, B. ortiseiensis, B. paussi, B. pecosensis, B. perincerta, B. permagna, B. permiana, B. perpusilla, B. pierrevalentini, B. piscariformis, B. plebeia, B. pompilioides, B. portellaensis, B. postacuta, B. pruniseminata, B. pseudoglennensis, B. pulchra, B. radlerae, B. reussiana, B. rhomboidalis, B. rigasensis, B. rostrata, B. scholli, B. sinensis, B. sinuosa, B. sobolevensis, B. songthami, B. spindlica, B. subcontracta, B. subdeltoidea, B. subfusiformis, B. subhassi, B. subleguminoides, B. suborbiculata, B. szaszi, B. taan, B. tagaensis, B. takfaensis, B. thikiaensis, B. tongluensis, B. trianguliformis, B. trigonosymmetrica, B. undulata, B. urodeloformis, B. verwiebei, B. vyasovkensis, B. wailiensis, B. wangi (syn. Fabalicypris brevis), B. whortani, B. woodwardsensis, B. wushunbaoi, B. xiaobaensis, B. yangi, B. yukonensis, B. zhongyingensis, B. ziguiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Bairdia M'Coy
1850Cythere (Bairdia) Jones p. 61
1933Bairdia Harlton p. 25
1934Bairdia Alexander p. 214
1963Bairdia Kollmann p. 165
1968Bairdia Bertels
1985Bairdia Kozur p. 59
1999Bairdia Crasquin-Soleau p. 170
2002Bairdia Sepkoski
2008Bairdia Crasquin p. 243
2013Bairdia Sebe et al. p. 516
2015Bairdia Zazzali et al. p. 292
2017Bairdia Chitnarin p. 653
2017Bairdia Forel p. 18
2018Bairdia Tanaka p. 14
2021Bairdia Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya
2022Bairdia Forel p. 332

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderPodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
subfamilyBairdiinaeSars 1888
genusBairdia

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. Bairdia M'Coy 1844
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Subg. †Bairdia (Cryptobairdia) Sohn 1960
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Cryptobairdia bolzi Kozur 1985
Cryptobairdia coryelli Roth and Skinner 1931
Cryptobairdia hians Kollmann 1963
Cryptobairdia pelikani Kozur 1985
Cryptobairdia seminalis Knight 1928
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Invalid names: Bairdia samplei Coryell and Booth 1933 [synonym], Bairdia tumida Upson 1933 [synonym]
Cryptobairdia ventricosa Roth and Skinner 1930
Cryptobairdia zalanyii Kozur 1985
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Invalid names: Bairdia fornicata Zalanyi 1974 [replaced]
Subg. †Bairdia (Rectobairdia) Sohn 1960
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Bairdia (Rectobairdia) sandulescui Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996
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Invalid names: Bairdia (Rectobairdia) garciai Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996 [synonym]
Rectobairdia emaciata Kesling and Kilgore 1952
Rectobairdia firmata Chen 1982
Rectobairdia symmetrica Cooper 1946
Rectobairdia tantilla Kummerow 1953
Bairdia accuminata Cooper 1946
Bairdia acrisa Stepanaitys 1975
Bairdia acuta Jones 1850
Bairdia adelineae Forel 2012
Bairdia akasakaensis Tanaka 2013
Bairdia aksala Forel 2022
Bairdia altiacuta Chen 1958
Bairdia altiarcus Chen 1958
Bairdia anachoreta Bertels 1968
Bairdia anbeedei Belousova 1965
Bairdia anisica Kozur 1970
Bairdia anisicaforma Monostori 1994
Bairdia anisongae Forel 2013
Bairdia araxensis Belousova 1965
Bairdia ardmorensis Harlton 1933
Bairdia armenica Belousova 1965
Bairdia atudoreii Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996
Bairdia avrami Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996
Bairdia balatonica Mehes 1911
Bairdia bariudini Honigstein and Crasquin 2011
Bairdia bassoni Crasquin 2010
Bairdia baudini Crasquin 2013
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Invalid names: Bairdia subsymmetrica Shi 1987 [replaced]
Bairdia beedei Ulrich and Bassler 1906
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Invalid names: Bairdia marmorea Kellett 1934 [synonym]
Bairdia broutini Crasquin 2010
Bairdia cahuzaci Forel 2011
Bairdia calida Chen 1958
Bairdia carinata Drexler 1958
Bairdia celsa Xie 1989
Bairdia chaotianensis Zazzali et al. 2015
Bairdia chasae Kellett 1934
Bairdia cheni Crasquin 2008
Bairdia cheni Olempska 1999
Bairdia citriformis Knight 1928
Bairdia clio Bizon 1960
Bairdia crassa Harlton 1929
Bairdia cristata Chen 1958
Bairdia curta McCoy 1844
Bairdia dadayi Mehes 1911
Bairdia davehornei Forel 2013
Bairdia deducta Zalanyi 1974
Bairdia deformata Kollmann 1963
Bairdia demissa Chen 1958
Bairdia deweveri Crasquin 2010
Bairdia diffusa Belousova 1965
Bairdia dongpanensis Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau 2007
Bairdia donzei Herrig 1979
Bairdia dorsalta Yi 1993
Bairdia eissensis Upson 1933
Bairdia elongatella Sohn 1960
Bairdia elongatum Münster 1830
Bairdia episkopiensis Crasquin-Soleau 1998
Bairdia eucurvia Ishizaki 1964
Bairdia fangnianqiaoi Crasquin 2010
Bairdia fengshanensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006
Bairdia finalyi Mehes 1911
Bairdia folgeri Kellett 1934
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Invalid names: Bairdia mirabilis Guan 1978 [synonym], Bairdia xintanensis Sun 1978 [synonym]
Bairdia fontainei Chitnarin 2017
Bairdia forakerensis Kellett 1934
Bairdia fortis Seilacher-Drexler 1960
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Invalid names: Bairdia crassa Drexler 1958 [replaced]
Bairdia fujisan Tanaka and Maeda 2012
Bairdia fusiformis Hou 1954
Bairdia gaelleae Crasquin 2010
Bairdia galei Croneis and Thurman 1939
Bairdia garrisonensis Upson 1933
Bairdia geinitziana Jones 1850
Bairdia geisi Kellett 1934
Bairdia girtyi Sohn 1961
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Invalid names: Bairdia attenuata Girty 1910 [replaced]
Bairdia gracilis McCoy 1844
Bairdia grahamensis Harlton 1928
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Invalid names: Bairdia deloi Kellett 1934 [synonym]
Bairdia grayi Crespin 1945
Bairdia grotei Chitnarin 2017
Bairdia guangxiensis Guan 1978
Bairdia guttulae Herrig 1979
Bairdia hassi Sohn 1960
Bairdia hazzardi Howe and Law 1936
Bairdia herrigi Monostori 1996
Bairdia heshanensis Chen 2002
Bairdia hiwanneensis Howe and Law 1936
Bairdia hoffmanae Kellett 1934
Bairdia hooverae Kellett 1934
Bairdia huberti Forel 2012
Bairdia hugluensis Forel 2017
Bairdia hupeiensis Hou 1954
Bairdia hurwitzi Coryell and Booth 1933
Bairdia ikeyai Tanaka 2012
Bairdia imposita Gramm 1997
Bairdia incisedorsa Chitnarin 2017
Bairdia indefinita Gusseva 1972
Bairdia intermedia Belousova 1965
Bairdia ishizakii Crasquin-Soleau 1998
Bairdia jeancharlesi Forel 2011
Bairdia jeromei Forel 2012
Bairdia kandyzensis Khivintseva 1969
Bairdia kansasensis Kellett 1934
Bairdia kanwakensis Kellett 1935
Bairdia kemerensis Crasquin-Soleau et al. 2004
Bairdia khaokanaensis Chitnarin 2017
Bairdia kutorgiana Jones 1850
Bairdia kwanshanensis Chen 1958
Bairdia letangae Forel 2011
Bairdia limatusformis Forel 2010
Bairdia liviae Forel 2017
Bairdia longoarcuata Monostori 1996
Bairdia lungtanensis Chen 1958
Bairdia macdonnelli Harlton 1929
Bairdia magna Kotschetkova 1972
Bairdia mandruella Forel 2017
Bairdia marginicompressa Chen and Bao 1986
Bairdia megedensis Honigstein and Crasquin 2011
Bairdia menardensis Harlton 1929
Bairdia mianyangensis Chen 1982
Bairdia michelseni Herrig 1979
Bairdia minoensis Tanaka and Ono 2012
Bairdia modica Chen 1958
Bairdia molesta Apostolescu 1959
Bairdia monostorii Forel 2017
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Invalid names: Bairdia humilis Monostori 1995 [replaced]
Bairdia monstrabilis Cooper 1946
Bairdia mui Hou 1954
Bairdia munda Jiang 1995
Bairdia nagaiwensis Ishizaki 1963
Bairdia nishiwakii Tanaka and Nishimura 2013
Bairdia ogakiensis Tanaka 2013
Bairdia oklahomaensis Harlton 1927
Bairdia omanensis Crasquin-Soleau 1999
Bairdia ortiseiensis Crasquin 2008
Bairdia paussi Crasquin 2010
Bairdia pecosensis Delo 1930
Bairdia perincerta Kellett 1934
Bairdia permagna Geis 1932
Bairdia permiana Hamilton 1942
Bairdia perpusilla Bolz 1971
Bairdia pierrevalentini Crasquin 2010
Bairdia piscariformis Chen 1958
Bairdia plebeia Reuss 1854
Bairdia pompilioides Harlton 1928
Bairdia portellaensis Crasquin 2008
Bairdia postacuta Chen 1958
Bairdia pruniseminata Sohn 1954
Bairdia pulchra Belousova 1965
Bairdia radlerae Kellett 1934
Bairdia reussiana Kirkby 1858
Bairdia rhomboidalis Hamilton 1942
Bairdia rigasensis Crasquin-Soleau 1998
Bairdia rostrata Issler 1908
Bairdia scholli Coryell and Booth 1933
Bairdia sinensis Hou 1954
Bairdia sinuosa Morey 1936
Bairdia sobolevensis Khivintseva 1969
Bairdia songthami Chitnarin 2017
Bairdia spindlica Tanaka and Yuan 2012
Bairdia subcontracta Chen 1987
Bairdia subdeltoidea von Muenster 1830
Bairdia subfusiformis Hamilton 1942
Bairdia subhassi Belousova 1965
Bairdia suborbiculata Alexander 1934
Bairdia szaszi Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996
Bairdia taan Forel 2022
Bairdia tagaensis Tanaka 2018
Bairdia takfaensis Chitnarin et al. 2008
Bairdia thikiaensis Crasquin-Soleau 1998
Bairdia tongluensis Wang 2005
Bairdia trigonosymmetrica Monostori 1996
Bairdia undulata Herrig 1979
Bairdia urodeloformis Chen 1987
Bairdia verwiebei Kellett 1934
Bairdia vyasovkensis Khivintseva 1969
Bairdia wailiensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006
Bairdia wangi Crasquin-Soleau 2007
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Invalid names: Fabalicypris brevis Wang 1978 [replaced]
Bairdia whortani Kellett 1935
Bairdia woodwardsensis Howe and Law 1936
Bairdia wushunbaoi Crasquin 2010
Bairdia xiaobaensis Xie 1989
Bairdia yangi Hou 1954
Bairdia yukonensis Forel 2022
Bairdia ziguiensis Sun 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height2300.5160.1801.000.5260.180
shell height550.5400.2401.100.5400.191
valve height1240.5460.1801.220.5550.226

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 Lochkovian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 419.20000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (1281 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation B. mutablis (13960)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') B. michailensis (40697)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) B. mucronata, B. cyrtia (81790)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation B. proba (35710 35712 35749) B. proba, B. navicula, B. mucronata, B. subsingularis (35711)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Piaui) B. sp. (37126)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Maranhao) B. sp. (37118)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Russian Federation B. crebta (35716 35719) B. navicula, B. crebta (35718) B. navicula, B. crebta, B. cultrijugati (35717) B. navicula, B. mucronata, B. crebta, B. cultrijugati, B. sp. A (35720)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) B. kettneri (5767)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) Rectobairdia emaciata (38475 38476)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) B. summacuminata (94047 94048)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland B. sp. (70539)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colón) B. colonensis (93909)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) B. amygdaloides, B. subdeltoidea (166810)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Puerto Rico B. antillea, B. willisensis (94206) B. willisensis (94205)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) B. spp. (191407)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) B. dimorpha (93901) B. dimorpha, B. bradyi (93905) B. dimorpha, B. sp. (93900)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria B. sp. (70879)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic B. sp. (201874 201900)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand B. amygdaloides (73307)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) B. amygdaloidea, B. subdeltoidea (166744)