Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Full reference: B. Kellett. 1934. Ostracodes from the Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian strata of Kansas: II. The genus Bairdia. Journal of Paleontology 8(2):120-138

Belongs to Bairdia according to B. Kellett 1934

Sister taxa: Bairdia (Cryptobairdia), Bairdia (Rectobairdia), Bairdia accuminata, Bairdia acrisa, Bairdia adelineae, Bairdia akasakaensis, Bairdia altiarcus, Bairdia anbeedei, Bairdia anisica, Bairdia anisicaforma, Bairdia anisongae, Bairdia araxensis, Bairdia ardmorensis, Bairdia armenica, Bairdia atudoreii, Bairdia avrami, Bairdia balatonica, Bairdia bassoni, Bairdia baudini, Bairdia beedei, Bairdia broutini, Bairdia cahuzaci, Bairdia calida, Bairdia changyangensis, Bairdia chasae, Bairdia cheni, Bairdia cheni, Bairdia citriformis, Bairdia clio, Bairdia crassa, Bairdia cristata, Bairdia davehornei, Bairdia deducta, Bairdia demissa, Bairdia deweveri, Bairdia diffusa, Bairdia dongpanensis, Bairdia donzei, Bairdia dorsalta, Bairdia eissensis, Bairdia elongatella, Bairdia episkopiensis, Bairdia eucurvia, Bairdia fangnianqiaoi, Bairdia fengshanensis, Bairdia finalyi, Bairdia florenaensis, Bairdia folgeri, Bairdia fortis, Bairdia fujisan, Bairdia fusiformis, Bairdia gaelleae, Bairdia galei, Bairdia garrisonensis, Bairdia geisi, Bairdia girtyi, Bairdia grahamensis, Bairdia grayi, Bairdia guadalupiana, Bairdia guangxiensis, Bairdia hassi, Bairdia heshanensis, Bairdia hoffmanae, Bairdia hooverae, Bairdia huberti, Bairdia humilis, Bairdia hupeiensis, Bairdia hurwitzi, Bairdia ikeyai, Bairdia imposita, Bairdia ishizakii, Bairdia jeancharlesi, Bairdia jeromei, Bairdia kandyzensis, Bairdia kansasensis, Bairdia kanwakensis, Bairdia kemerensis, Bairdia kwanshanensis, Bairdia letangae, Bairdia limatusformis, Bairdia macdonnelli, Bairdia magna, Bairdia marginicompressa, Bairdia menardensis, Bairdia mianyangensis, Bairdia michelseni, Bairdia minoensis, Bairdia modica, Bairdia molesta, Bairdia monstrabilis, Bairdia mui, Bairdia munda, Bairdia nagaiwensis, Bairdia nagyvisnyoensis, Bairdia nevensis, Bairdia nishiwakii, Bairdia ogakiensis, Bairdia oklahomaensis, Bairdia ortiseiensis, Bairdia paussi, Bairdia pecosensis, Bairdia perincerta, Bairdia permagna, Bairdia permiana, Bairdia pierrevalentini, Bairdia piscariformis, Bairdia pompilioides, Bairdia portellaensis, Bairdia postacuta, Bairdia pruniseminata, Bairdia pseudoglennensis, Bairdia pulchra, Bairdia radlerae, Bairdia reussiana, Bairdia rhomboidalis, Bairdia rigasensis, Bairdia rostrata, Bairdia scholli, Bairdia sinensis, Bairdia sinuosa, Bairdia sobolevensis, Bairdia spindlica, Bairdia subcontracta, Bairdia subfusiformis, Bairdia subhassi, Bairdia subleguminoides, Bairdia szaszi, Bairdia takfaensis, Bairdia thikiaensis, Bairdia tongluensis, Bairdia trianguliformis, Bairdia undulata, Bairdia urodeloformis, Bairdia verwiebei, Bairdia vyasovkensis, Bairdia wailiensis, Bairdia wangi, Bairdia whortani, Bairdia wordensis, Bairdia wushunbaoi, Bairdia yangi, Bairdia zhongyingensis, Bairdia ziguiensis, Cythere (Bairdia) acuta, Cythere (Bairdia) curta, Cythere (Bairdia) gracilis

Type specimen: USNM 89484. Its type locality is Upstream of Cottonwood River Bridge, Elmdale, which is in a Gzhelian shallow subtidal shale in the Elmdale Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Average measurements (in mm): carapace 0.980 x 0.460