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Bairdia chaotianensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy

Bairdia chaotianensis was named by Zazzali et al. (2015). Its type specimen is Holotype: UPMC P6M3613, Paratype: UPMC P6M3614, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. africana, B. altifrons, B. anomala, B. antamputata, B. auricula, B. austriaca, B. billjohnsoni, B. birinae, B. bradfieldi, B. cassiana, B. ciscoensis, B. colonensis, B. condylus, B. confragosaeformis, B. croneisi, B. croskeina, B. cultrijugati, B. dissortis, B. dolicha, B. egorovi, B. eleziana, B. exoura, B. fabaeformis, B. fusca, B. gibbosa, B. gosportensis, B. haworthi, B. hilda, B. hispida, B. hiwannensis, B. hondurasensis, B. isoscelata, B. kaschewarovae, B. kawakensis, B. kelleri, B. kinderhookensis, B. knuepferi, B. legumen, B. longisetosa, B. meishanensis, B. moorei, B. mucronata, B. multihilosa, B. nitida, B. oklahomensis, B. opisthorhadina, B. peneovoidea, B. philippovae, B. pinnula, B. proxischimensis, B. psiegorkiensis, B. rectifrontis, B. singularis, B. soldadensis, B. subcitriformis, B. subeleziana, B. subvexa, B. summa, B. turgida, B. urodeliformis, B. virga, B. feliumgibba, B. pompillioides, B. gliberti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2015	Bairdia chaotianensis Zazzali et al. p. 292 figs. 6D, E; 18

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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
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Podocopina	Sars 1866
superfamily	Bairdioidea	(Sars 1888)
family	Bairdiidae	Sars 1888
subfamily	Bairdiinae	Sars 1888
genus	Bairdia
species	chaotianensis

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.

†Bairdia chaotianensis Zazzali et al. 2015

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
S. Zazzali et al. 2015	A species of Bairdia with elongated carapace, AB and BP with small radius of curvature, hinge line located below DB; both valves present a more or less expressed shoulder with a crest at the top, parallel to the hinge line.

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	China (Sichuan)	Bairdia chaotianensis (189439 189441 189443 189444 189445 189446 189461 189463 189464 189465)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	China (Sichuan)	Bairdia chaotianensis (189479 189480 189483)