Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Full reference: G. Becker and S. Q. Wang. 1992. Kirkbyacea and Bairdiacea (Ostracoda) from the Palaeozoic of China. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 224:1-54
Belongs to Aurikirkbya according to G. Tanaka 2018
See also Becker and Wang 1992
Sister taxa: Aurikirkbya alta, Aurikirkbya altalobata, Aurikirkbya auriformis, Aurikirkbya barbarae, Aurikirkbya canyonensis, Aurikirkbya formula, Aurikirkbya hispanica, Aurikirkbya kellettae, Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis, Aurikirkbya miyakei, Aurikirkbya subkellettae, Aurikirkbya wordensis, Aurikirkbya wymani
Type specimen: NIGP 115695, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Beichuan, sample ACF1-275, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wujiaping Formation of China.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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