Ceratobairdia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Ostracoda |
Order: | Podocopida |
Family: | Bairdiidae |
Genus: | † Ceratobairdia Sohn, 1954 |
Ceratobairdia is an extinct genus of ostracod (seed shrimp) belonging to the order Podocopida and family Bairdiidae. [1] Specimens have been found in Permian [2] to Jurassic [3] beds in North America, [2] China, [4] and Europe. [3]
The genus is heavily ornamented, [5] and a distinctive characteristic is that its valves (shells) have a flat ventral surface and a ventrolateral alate ridge (a winglike ridge extending from the ventral surface to the side of the valve.) [6] The genus is also notable as a Lazarus taxon, disappearing in the Permian-Triassic extinction event and reappearing in the Carnian, [5] an interval of at least 15 million years.