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 B. Kellett 1933
Sister taxa: Kirkbya atolla, Kirkbya bellula, Kirkbya bendensis, Kirkbya buekkensis, Kirkbya canyonformis, Kirkbya centrotumida, Kirkbya clarocarinata, Kirkbya fossilcliffi, Kirkbya knuepferi, Kirkbya lindahli, Kirkbya magniforma, Kirkbya mingenewensis, Kirkbya moorei, Kirkbya multicresta, Kirkbya pergrandis, Kirkbya permiana, Kirkbya punctata, Kirkbya rara, Kirkbya reflexa, Kirkbya sinensis, Kirkbya subnipponica, Kirkbya subquadriforma, Kirkbya unnoda, Kirkbya valida
Type specimen: Its type locality is Highway 40, just west of Victory Junction, which is in a Kasimovian carbonate limestone in the Stanton Formation of Kansas
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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