Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Full reference: I. G. Sohn. 1950. Growth series of ostracodes from the Permian of Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 221-C:33-39
Belongs to Aurikirkbya according to I. G. Sohn 1950
Sister taxa: Aurikirkbya alta, Aurikirkbya altalobata, Aurikirkbya auriformis, Aurikirkbya canyonensis, Aurikirkbya formula, Aurikirkbya hispanica, Aurikirkbya kellettae, Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis, Aurikirkbya miyakei, Aurikirkbya subkellettae, Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa, Aurikirkbya wordensis, Aurikirkbya wymani
Type specimen: USNM 114513. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains
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