Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Full reference: B. H. Harlton. 1933. Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):3-29
Belongs to Kirkbya according to B. H. Harlton 1933
Sister taxa: Kirkbya atolla, Kirkbya bellula, Kirkbya buekkensis, Kirkbya canyonformis, Kirkbya centrotumida, Kirkbya clarocarinata, Kirkbya firma, 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: USNM 85548. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. P-17, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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