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
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