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Basslerella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy

Basslerella was named by Kellett (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg P Leon Sepkoski's reference number: 773].

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cytherideidae by Crasquin (2008), Sebe et al. (2013), Chitnarin (2017), Forel (2017) and Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya (2021).

Species

B. acuta, B. annesophieae, B. crassa, B. favosa, B. firma, B. jadarensis, B. naresi, B. obesa, B. ola, B. ovata, B. reticulata, B. rothi, B. shaxianensis, B. subola, B. superarella, B. tota, B. wipanuae

Species lacking formal opinion data

B. suavis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1935	Basslerella Kellett p. 55
2002	Basslerella Sepkoski
2008	Basslerella Crasquin p. 254
2013	Basslerella Sebe et al. p. 518
2017	Basslerella Chitnarin p. 680
2017	Basslerella Forel
2021	Basslerella Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya p. 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Sigilliocopina	Martens 1992
superfamily	Cytheroidea	(Baird 1850)
family	Cytherideidae	Sars 1925
genus	Basslerella

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. †Basslerella Kellett 1935

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†Basslerella acuta Kotschetkova 1972

†Basslerella annesophieae Crasquin 2010

†Basslerella crassa Kellett 1935

†Basslerella favosa Shi 1987

†Basslerella firma Kellett 1935

†Basslerella jadarensis Crasquin 2010

†Basslerella naresi Chitnarin 2017

†Basslerella obesa Kellett 1935

†Basslerella ola Chen and Bao 1986

†Basslerella ovata Cooper 1946

†Basslerella reticulata Shi 1987

†Basslerella rothi Kellett 1935

†Basslerella shaxianensis Yi 1990

†Basslerella subola Wang 2005

†Basslerella superarella Crasquin 2015

†Basslerella tota Chen and Bao 1986

†Basslerella wipanuae Chitnarin 2017

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	3	0.300	0.261	0.390	0.265	0.073
carapace height	35	0.309	0.180	0.450	0.320	0.053
shell height	1	0.270	-	-	-	-
valve height	9	0.318	0.190	0.460	0.350	0.084

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 Lochkovian to the top of the Bithynian or 419.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (268 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	Russian Federation	B. angulata (13959 13960) B. saumica (13965)
Pennsylvanian	323.2 - 298.9	USA (Kentucky)	B. sp. (217268 217276)
Kasimovian	307.0 - 303.7	USA (Kansas)	B. sp. (132992)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (Kansas)	B. crassa, B. firma (133158) B. crassa, B. firma, B. rothi (95377) B. firma (132990 132991 133137 133138 133149) B. obesa (133136)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	Thailand	B. tota (137891) B. tota, B. naresi (137889 137890)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Thailand	B. tota (137896) B. tota, B. wipanuae (137900) B. wipanuae (137895 137897 137899 223961)
Permian	298.9 - 251.902	Italy	B. tota (106551)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	USA (Kansas)	B. firma (93781)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	China (Zhejiang)	B. firma, B. subola (120908) B. firma, B. subola, B. ola (120907)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Thailand	B. wipanuae (223957)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	China (Fujian)	B. ovata, B. shaxianensis (95696)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	China (Fujian)	B. firma (95698) B. obesa, B. firma, B. shaxianensis (95700) B. obesa, B. shaxianensis (95699) B. sp., B. tota, B. crassa, B. firma, B. shaxianensis, B. ola (95702) B. tota (95701)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	USA (Kansas)	B. firma (110316)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	Greece	B. sp. 1 (112050)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	Canada (British Columbia)	B. reticulata (106673)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	China (Fujian)	B. firma, B. rothi (95704) B. obesa, B. ola (95703) B. sp., B. obesa, B. crassa, B. firma, B. rothi, B. shaxianensis, B. ola (95705) B. sp., B. obesa, B. firma, B. ola (95709) B. tota (95707) B. tota, B. crassa (95708) B. tota, B. firma (95710) B. tota, B. obesa, B. crassa, B. firma, B. ola (95706)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Thailand	B. tota, B. wipanuae (137907) B. wipanuae (137925 137926)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Guatemala	B. crassa, B. acuta (155577) B. obesa (155573) B. obesa, B. acuta (155576)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	China (Jiangsu)	B. crassa (142171) B. crassa, B. ola (142167) B. obesa (142185 142190 142191) B. obesa, B. ola (142184 142186) B. tota (142169) B. tota, B. crassa (142164) B. tota, B. obesa, B. crassa (142189) B. tota, B. obesa, B. crassa, B. ola (142188) B. tota, B. obesa, B. ola (142187)
Kungurian - Roadian	279.3 - 268.8	Thailand	B. sp. (164537)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Thailand	B. tota (223887) B. wipanuae (223964)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation	B. quasicrassa (197598)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Turkey	B. tota (47907 47908)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Thailand	B. naresi (137916 137918 137919) B. wipanuae, B. naresi (223976)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Turkey	B. tota (48000 48010 48011)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	China (Sichuan)	B. sp.1, B. sp.2, B. sp.3, B. sp.4, B. sp.5, B. sp.6, B. sp.7 (189439 189441 189442) B. sp.2, B. sp.3, B. sp.5, B. sp.7 (189461) B. sp.3, B. sp.4, B. sp.7 (189445) B. sp.3, B. sp.5 (189463) B. sp.3, B. sp.5, B. sp.6, B. sp.7 (189446) B. sp.3, B. sp.5, B. sp.7 (189443) B. sp.3, B. sp.7 (189444) B. sp.5 (189464) B. sp.6, B. sp.7 (189465 189466)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	B. regularis, B. suavis (46204)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Iran	B. superarella (168894)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	China (Sichuan)	B. sp.10 (189477 189480) B. sp.8 (189481) B. sp.8, B. sp.10, B. sp.11 (189479) B. sp.8, B. sp.11 (189485) B. sp.8, B. sp.9 (189472 189487) B. sp.8, B. sp.9, B. sp.10 (189476) B. sp.8, B. sp.9, B. sp.10, B. sp.11 (189483 189486 189489) B. sp.8, B. sp.9, B. sp.10, B. sp.11, B. sp.12 (189482 189488) B. sp.8, B. sp.9, B. sp.15, B. sp.10, B. sp.11, B. sp.12 (189484) B. sp.9 (189473 189474 189475)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Greece	B. sp. 1, B. acuta (112079) B. sp. 2, B. tota (112061)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Lithuania	B. regularis (45952 46159 46170 46202 46406 46419 46428) B. regularis, B. suavis (46158 46198 46411 46414)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Xizang)	B. reticulata (106649 106655) B. tota (106661) B. tota, B. reticulata (106650)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	Iran	B. sp. (155144) B. sp. 1 (220245) B. superarella (125568 125570 125571 168898 168899 168900 168907 168913 168915 168916 168917 168919 168922 168923 168926 168927 168930)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	Hungary	B. sp. A, B. sp. B (140058) B. sp. B (140065 140066)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Fujian)	B. favosa (121215) B. firma, B. favosa (121292) B. obesa, B. favosa (121289) B. obesa, B. firma (121229) B. obesa, B. reticulata, B. favosa (121291) B. reticulata (121227 121230) B. tota (121225) B. tota, B. firma (121228 121288 121290) B. tota, B. obesa (121293)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Guizhou)	B. sp. 1, B. tota (132519) B. tota (132518 132520 132522)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Sichuan)	B. obesa (148489 148500 148506) B. sp. (148503)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	Serbia and Montenegro	B. jadarensis (112041 112042 112044 112045 112046 112048 112049)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Zhejiang)	B. annesophieae (97887 97889 97890 97895 97896 97898 97900 97902 97904 97910 97915 97916 97919 97920 97922 97923 97925 97926 97927) B. favosa, B. obesa, B. firma (117590 117592 117595 117596 117597 117598 117601) B. firma (117577 117636 117650 117654) B. obesa (117573 117574 117576 117578 117586 117587 117588 117591 117594 117599 117616 117621 117624 117643 117644 117645 117651 117655 117659 117665 117667 117669) B. obesa, B. firma (117575 117579 117580 117615 117625 117647 117652 117653 117660 117662 117670 117673 117674) B. reticulata, B. favosa, B. obesa, B. firma (117642) B. reticulata, B. obesa (117656) B. reticulata, B. obesa, B. firma (117664 117666 117668)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	Italy	B. obesa (84133 84134)
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	Iran	B. superarella (168933 168934 168935 168942 168945)
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	China (Xizang)	B. sp. 1 (106666)
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	Hungary	B. sp. A (140075) B. sp. A, B. sp. B (140069) B. sp. B (140076)
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	Turkey	B. sp. 1 (169051 169055 169056 169064 169074 169075 169087)
Spathian	251.3 - 247.2	Romania	B. tota (154985)
Aegean	247.2 - 242.0	Romania	B. tota (154998 154999 155000)
Bithynian	247.2 - 242.0	Romania	B. sp. (197722) B. tota (155004 155005)