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Kirkbyidae

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Kirkbyidae Ulrich and Bassler
1961Kirkbyidae Benson et al. p. Q164
2005Kirkbyidae Liebau p. 120
2008Kirkbyidae Crasquin p. 242
2015Kirkbyidae Zazzali et al. p. 304
2017Kirkbyidae Forel p. 15
2018Kirkbyidae Tanaka p. 10

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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
familyKirkbyidaeUlrich and Bassler 1906

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.

Fm. †Kirkbyidae Ulrich and Bassler 1906
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G. †Aurikirkbya Sohn 1950
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†Aurikirkbya alta Shi 1982
†Aurikirkbya altalobata Becker and Wang 1992
†Aurikirkbya barbarae Sohn 1950
†Aurikirkbya canyonensis Harlton 1929
†Aurikirkbya formula Ishizaki 1964
†Aurikirkbya hispanica Becker et al. 1977
†Aurikirkbya kellettae Harlton 1929
†Aurikirkbya miyakei Tanaka and Ono 2012
†Aurikirkbya subkellettae Ishizaki 1964
†Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa Becker and Wang 1992
†Aurikirkbya wordensis Hamilton 1942
†Aurikirkbya wymani Kellett 1933
Invalid names: Sulcoaurikirkbya Becker and Wang 1992 [synonym]
G. †Boreokirkbya Kozur and Nassichuk 1978
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†Boreokirkbya oertlii Kozur and Nassichuk 1978
G. †Coronakirkbya Sohn 1954
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†Coronakirkbya hamori Kozur 1985
G. †Ectodemites Cooper 1941
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†Ectodemites globosa Ishizaki 1964
†Ectodemites plummeri Cooper 1946
G. †Kirkbya Jones 1859
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†Kirkbya atolla Ishizaki 1964
†Kirkbya bellula Chen 1958
†Kirkbya bendensis Harlton 1933
†Kirkbya buekkensis Kozur 1985
†Kirkbya centrotumida Ishizaki 1964
†Kirkbya clarocarinata Knight 1928
†Kirkbya firma Kellett 1933
†Kirkbya fossilcliffi Ferdinando 2001
†Kirkbya knuepferi Kozur 1985
†Kirkbya lindahli Ulrich 1891
†Kirkbya magniforma Ishizaki 1964
†Kirkbya mingenewensis Ferdinando 2001
†Kirkbya moorei Kellett 1933
†Kirkbya multicresta Ishizaki 1964
†Kirkbya pergrandis Kellett 1933
†Kirkbya permiana Jones 1850
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Invalid names: Dithyrocaris glypta Jones 1850 [synonym]
†Kirkbya punctata Kellett 1933
†Kirkbya rara Khivintseva 1969
†Kirkbya reflexa Girty 1910
†Kirkbya sinensis Hou 1954
†Kirkbya subnipponica Ishizaki 1964
†Kirkbya subquadriforma Ishizaki 1964
†Kirkbya unnoda Wang 1978
†Kirkbya valida Kellett 1933
G. †Nodokirkbya Kozur 1991
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G. †Parvikirkbya Kozur 1985
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†Parvikirkbya fueloepi Kozur 1985
†Parvikirkbya laevis Kozur 1985
†Parvikirkbya rara Kozur 1985
†Parvikirkbya transita Kozur 1985
G. †Reviya
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†Reviya curukensis Crasquin-Soleau 2004
†Reviya praecurukensis Forel 2013
†Reviya subsompongensis Chitnarin et al. 2008
†Reviya sylvieae Forel 2014
G. †Scutikirkbya Shi 1982
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G. †Semipetasus Sohn 1954
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†Semipetasus signatus Sohn 1954
G. †Shleesha
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†Shleesha houae Chen 1958
†Shleesha pinguis Ulrich and Bassler 1906
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Invalid names: Shleesha latiovata Guan 1978 [synonym]
†Shleesha sullivanensis Payne 1937
G. †Tubulikirkbya Kozur 1985
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†Tubulikirkbya beckeri Kozur 1985
†Tubulikirkbya fuldaensis Shaver and Smith 1974
†Tubulikirkbya krecigrafi Becker 1968
†Tubulikirkbya oertlii Kozur 1991
G. †Villozona
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†Villozona villosa Grundel 1961
Invalid names: Kirkbyinae Cooper 1941 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height50.3280.2500.4100.3600.067

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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Julian or 365.20000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (281 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Kirkbya sp. (38294 38295 38296 38298 38299 38300 38302)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Kirkbya sp. (38304 38306)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Liege) Kirkbya sp. (75672)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Kirkbya fernglenensis, Kirkbya keiferi (6734)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guizhou) Kirkbya sp. (58462)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guangxi) Villozona villosa (143424)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) Kirkbya fernglepensis (6914)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) Kirkbya fernglepensis (6916 6917)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Kirkbya sp., Kirkbya reflexa (76148) Kirkbya sp., Reviya planus, Kirkbya reflexa (76118)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (California) Kirkbya sp. (226242)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4Canada (Alberta) Kirkbya sp. (62396)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Kirkbya sp. (2711)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Kirkbya permiana (6455)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Iowa) Ectodemites primus (3296)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Kirkbya sp. (76146)
Chesterian - Alportian335.4 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) Ectodemites warei (5689 5690 5710)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Kirkbya symmetrica, Kirkbya bendensis (5611)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Texas) Shleesha pinguis, Kirkbya bendensis (236937)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Kirkbya bendensis (132924)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Kentucky) Aurikirkbya triseriata (217268 217276)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Kirkbya sp. (276195)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) Kirkbya clarocarinata (210784)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4Spain Kirkbya waltheri (73298)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Colorado) Kirkbya cladocarinata (275967) Kirkbya perplexa, Kirkbya clarocarinata (275969)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Hungary Tubulikirkbya beckeri (146213) Tubulikirkbya visnyoensis (146177)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Colorado) Kirkbya clarocarinata (276091)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Kirkbya laciniata (148422) Kirkbya voluta, Kirkbya laciniata, Kirkbya scaphula, Amphissites pinguis, Kirkbya clarocarinata (215053)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Amphissites pinguis, Kirkbya canyonensis, Kirkbya firma, Kirkbya pergrandis, Kirkbya clarocarinata (132992) Kirkbya clarocarinata (133145) Kirkbya punctata (133146)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Amphissites pinguis (132990 132991 133137 133138 133141) Amphissites pinguis, Kirkbya valida, Kirkbya canyonensis (95377) Kirkbya pergrandis (132987) Kirkbya punctata (132994 133142)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Austria Coronakirkbya sp. 1, Semipetasus sp., Shleesha pinguis, Aurikirkbya hispanica (108503)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Amphissites pinguis (95378 110321) Amphissites pinguis, Kirkbya wymani (95361 110320) Amphissites pinguis, Kirkbya wymani, Kirkbya canyonensis (95379)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Oklahoma) Kirkbya moorei (110322)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Thailand Kirkbya sp. 3 (137891)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Semipetasus signatus (43468)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand Kirkbya sp. 1, Kirkbya sp. 2 (137897)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Reviya sp. 1, Reviya sp. 2, Aurikirkbya wordensis (106669)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Aurikirkbya sp. 1, Aurikirkbya sp. 2, Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa (197662)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Fujian) Shleesha sp. (95696)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Kirkbya fossilcliffi (108211 108214 108222 108226 108228 108240 108242 108276 108280 108283 108285 108287 108288 108290 108293 108294 108296 108300) Kirkbya fossilcliffi, Kirkbya mingenewensis (108236 108289) Kirkbya mingenewensis (108282 108299) Kirkbya sp. A (108209 108217 108220) Kirkbya sp. A, Kirkbya fossilcliffi (108229 108238 108244 108292 108297 108298) Kirkbya sp. A, Kirkbya fossilcliffi, Kirkbya mingenewensis (108223 108241 108246)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Amphissites pinguis (95375 110315) Amphissites pinguis, Kirkbya moorei (88235) Amphissites pinguis, Kirkbya wymani (93781) Aurikirkbya wymani (117949)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Kirkbya wymani (110313 110316 110319)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (British Columbia) Ectodemites plummeri (106672) Kirkbya buekkensis, Aurikirkbya kellettae, Ectodemites plummeri (106673) Kirkbya sp. 1, Shleesha sp. 1, Ectodemites plummeri (106671) Shleesha sp. 1, Kirkbya firma (106670)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Japan Aurikirkbya sp., Aurikirkbya miyakei (131084)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Hubei) Kirkbya canyonformis (145991) Kirkbya sinensis, Kirkbya canyonformis (145990)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Anhui) Shleesha houae (143416)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Kirkbya clarocarinata (95706 95707)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Kirkbya sp., Kirkbya wordensis, Aurikirkbya barbarae, Aurikirkbya auriformis, Coronakirkbya fimbriata (43517) Semipetasus signatus (43513)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Amphissites pinguis (142181) Amphissites pinguis, Kirkbya bellula (142175) Kirkbya bellula (142189) Kirkbya sp. 1, Amphissites pinguis, Amphissites houae (142174) Kirkbya sp. 1, Amphissites pinguis, Amphissites houae, Kirkbya bellula (142173) Kirkbya sp. A, Shleesha houae (143414) Shleesha houae, Kirkbya bellula (142184 142185 142186 142187 142188) Shleesha pinguis (142162 142167 142168)
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9Thailand Kirkbyidae indet. (164537)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Kirkbya ingeniosa (197598)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand Reviya subsompongensis (137904 137905 137906) Shleesha sp. (137903)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) Kirkbya rara (123689 123690)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Reviya subsompongensis (87199 87205 87206 87207)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman Knightina unnoda (49917)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Aurikirkbya formula, Aurikirkbya subkellettae, Kirkbya atolla, Kirkbya centrotumida, Kirkbya magniforma, Kirkbya multicresta, Kirkbya subnipponica, Kirkbya subquadriforma, Ectodemites globosa (109844) Aurikirkbya sp., Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis (142029)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Türkiye Reviya sp. (47929 47958)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Kirkbya sp.1 (189441) Kirkbya sp.2 (189444 189464) Kirkbya sp.3, Reviya subsompongensis (189461) Kirkbya sp.4 (189468) Reviya subsompongensis (189446 189465)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Aurikirkbya sp. (124400)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Canada (Nunavut) Boreokirkbya oertlii (117190 117191)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Kirkbya sp. 1 (155127 155128) Kirkbya sp. 1, Kirkbya sp. 2 (155129 155130) Nodokirkbya sp. (155134)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Parvikirkbya fueloepi (112059)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Kirkbya permiana (45952 46158 46159 46198 46411 46414 46421 46422 46427)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Anhui) Aurikirkbya altalobata (143417)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Kirkbya sp. (148477) Kirkbya sp. B, Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa, Aurikirkbya altalobata (143434) Kirkbya sp.5 (189480) Kirkbya sp.6 (189484 189486)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Hungary Coronakirkbya hamori (146212) Kirkbya buekkensis (146210) Kirkbya knuepferi (146205) Parvikirkbya fueloepi (146219 146220 146226) Parvikirkbya laevis (146223) Parvikirkbya rara (146174) Parvikirkbya transita (146202 146221)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Italy Kirkbya sp., Nodokirkbya striatoreticulata, Tubulikirkbya oertlii (110840)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Svalbard and Jan Mayen Kirkbya permiana (145691) Kirkbya sp. n. (145693) Kirkbya sp. n., Kirkbya permiana (145692)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Dithyrocaris permiana, Dithyrocaris glypta (87337)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Israel Scutikirkbya sp. (109723)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Aurikirkbya alta (97908 117574 117628 117635 117639) Aurikirkbya alta, Scutikirkbya sp. (117638) Scutikirkbya nantongensis (117579 117595 117596 117669) Scutikirkbya sp. (117601 127537) Shleesha pinguis (117656 117666) Shleesha sp. 1 (97896) Shleesha sullivanensis (97910) Sulcoaurikirkbya alta (143418)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Kirkbya sp. 1 (125568 168923) Kirkbya sp. 2 (168919) Reviya praecurukensis (168897) Reviya sp. 1 (220245)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Kirkbya sp. 1 (95649) Kirkbya sp. 2 (132518) Shleesha sp. 1 (132515)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Aurikirkbya sp. 1 (97095) Kirkbya sp. 1 (97102 97109) Kirkbya sp. A (97100) Nodokirkbya striatoreticulata (97110)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Hungary Reviya praecurukensis (140058 140059 140060 140061 140066)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Kirkbya sp. (148512) Shleesha sp. (148483)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy Kirkbya buekkensis (84132) Kirkbya sp. 1 (84151) Kirkbya sp. 1, Kirkbyidae indet. 1, Kirkbyidae indet. 2, Shleesha pinguis, Kirkbya buekkensis (84133) Kirkbya sp. 1, Shleesha pinguis (84134)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Serbia Indivisia pelikani (112043)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Israel Aurikirkbya formula (40950 108992 108993) Aurikirkbya formula, Scutikirkbya sp. (108990)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Semipetasus datianensis (121207) Semipetasus datianensis, Tubulikirkbya visnyoensis (121291) Shleesha pinguis (121228 121288) Shleesha pinguis, Semipetasus datianensis, Tubulikirkbya visnyoensis (121292) Shleesha pinguis, Tubulikirkbya visnyoensis (121230) Tubulikirkbya visnyoensis (121226 121290)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Hungary Reviya curukensis (140073)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Iran Reviya sp. 1 (168938)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Reviya curukensis (116318 116320)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Türkiye Reviya curukensis (169079) Reviya sylvieae (169055 169071 169073 169074 169077 169080 169084 169085 169086 169087)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Türkiye Reviya curukensis (48018 48019 48047 48052 48053 48054 48056 48057 48099 48100)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Kirkbyidae indet. (117950 117952)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Türkiye Kirkbya sp., Tubulikirkbya sp. (197740)