Aurikirkbya subkellettae Ishizaki 1964 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Full reference: K. Ishizaki. 1964. Middle Permian ostracodes from the Iwaizaki Limestone, northeast Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology 36:139-160

Belongs to Aurikirkbya according to K. Ishizaki 1964

Sister taxa: Aurikirkbya alta, Aurikirkbya altalobata, Aurikirkbya auriformis, Aurikirkbya barbarae, Aurikirkbya canyonensis, Aurikirkbya formula, Aurikirkbya hispanica, Aurikirkbya kellettae, Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis, Aurikirkbya miyakei, Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa, Aurikirkbya wordensis, Aurikirkbya wymani

Type specimen: IGPS 85774. Its type locality is Iwaizaki, Member G, Hashikami Village, Motoyoshi County, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Iwaizaki Formation of Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Iwaizaki, Member G, Hashikami Village, Motoyoshi County, Miyagi Prefecture

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.