Kirkbya sinensis Hou 1954 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Full reference: Y. T. Hou. 1954. Some Lower Permian ostracods from western Hupeh. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 2:227-266

Belongs to Kirkbya according to Y. T. Hou 1954

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 pergrandis, Kirkbya permiana, Kirkbya punctata, Kirkbya rara, Kirkbya reflexa, Kirkbya subnipponica, Kirkbya subquadriforma, Kirkbya unnoda, Kirkbya valida

Type specimen: Its type locality is By76, Shangzhuyan, Maanshan, Changyang district, which is in a Kungurian marine shale in the Qixia Formation of China

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at By76, Shangzhuyan, Maanshan, Changyang district

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