Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Parent taxon: Kirkbyidae according to S. Crasquin and M. B. Forel 2010
See also Fohrer and Samankassou 2005, Hoare and Mapes 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Yi 1990
Sister taxa: Aurikirkbya, Boreokirkbya, Coronakirkbya, Ectodemites, Kirkbya, Kirkbyinae, Nodokirkbya, Parvikirkbya, Reviya, Scutikirkbya, Semipetasus, Tubulikirkbya, Villozona
Subtaxa: Shleesha houae Shleesha pinguis Shleesha sullivanensis
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Austria (1 collection), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (25), Italy (2), Thailand (1), United States (9: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of United States (8: Kansas, Missouri)
Total: 48 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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