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Aurikirkbya formula

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Aurikirkbya formula was named by Ishizaki (1964). Its type specimen is IGPS 85772 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iwaizaki, Member G, Hashikami Village, Motoyoshi County, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Iwaizaki Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. kelletae, A. triseriata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Aurikirkbya formula Ishizaki
1987Aurikirkbya formula Gerry et al. p. 204 figs. Pl 2, fig 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKirkbyidaeUlrich and Bassler 1906
genusAurikirkbya
speciesformula

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Aurikirkbya formula Ishizaki 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height10.390----
valve height20.4160.3400.5100.4250.120

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Aurikirkbya formula (type locality: 109844)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Israel Aurikirkbya formula (40950 108990 108992 108993)