Ulrichia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	23645	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=23645

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Bolliidae : Ulrichia

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Ostracoda	Latreille 1802
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Palaeocopida	Henningsmoen 1953
suborder	Beyrichicopina	Scott 1961
superfamily	Drepanelloidea	Ulrich and Bassler 1923
family	Bolliidae	Boucek 1936
genus	Ulrichia	Jones 1890

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ulrichia	genus	belongs to Bolliidae	stated without evidence	Benson et al., 1961
Ulrichia	genus	belongs to Palaeocopida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

388 - 383 Ma
Devonian

Environment

hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ostracoda)

Vision

limited (based on Ostracoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Palaeocopida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ulrichia conradi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Ulrichia fastidiosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Ulrichia fragilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	8	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Ulrichia illinearis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	9	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Ulrichia spinifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1890	Ulrichia Jones
1961	Ulrichia Benson et al.
2002	Ulrichia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Benson R. H., Berdan J. M., et al (1961) Part Q, Arthropoda: Crustacea: Ostracoda, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Q 3, 1-432

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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