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 firma, Kirkbya fossilcliffi, Kirkbya knuepferi, Kirkbya lindahli, Kirkbya magniforma, Kirkbya mingenewensis, Kirkbya moorei, Kirkbya multicresta, Kirkbya permiana, Kirkbya punctata, Kirkbya rara, Kirkbya reflexa, Kirkbya sinensis, Kirkbya subnipponica, Kirkbya subquadriforma, Kirkbya unnoda, Kirkbya valida
Type specimen: USNM 85443. Its type locality is Railroad cut just west of Shawnee-Douglas county line, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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