Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Full reference: B. Kellett. 1933. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kansas: I. the Aparchitidae, Beyrichiidae, Glyptopleuridae, Kloedenellidae, Kirkbyiidae, and Youngiellidae. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):59-108
Belongs to Kirkbya according to K. Ishizaki 1964
See also Kellett 1933
Sister taxa: Kirkbya atolla, Kirkbya bellula, Kirkbya bendensis, Kirkbya buekkensis, Kirkbya canyonformis, Kirkbya centrotumida, Kirkbya clarocarinata, Kirkbya firma, Kirkbya fossilcliffi, Kirkbya knuepferi, Kirkbya lindahli, Kirkbya magniforma, Kirkbya mingenewensis, Kirkbya multicresta, Kirkbya pergrandis, Kirkbya permiana, Kirkbya punctata, Kirkbya rara, Kirkbya reflexa, Kirkbya sinensis, Kirkbya subnipponica, Kirkbya subquadriforma, Kirkbya unnoda, Kirkbya valida
Type specimen: USNM 85452, a carapace (Left valve). Its type locality is Camp Funston, Geary County, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Wreford Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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