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Kirkbya firma

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya firma was named by Kellett (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Highway 40, just west of Victory Junction, which is in a Kasimovian carbonate limestone in the Stanton Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Kirkbya firma Kellett p. 87 figs. Pl 14, figs 9, 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
genusKirkbya
speciesfirma

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.

Kirkbya firma Kellett 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height10.480----
shell height20.5500.5500.5500.550-

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 Kasimovian to the top of the Artinskian or 307.00000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Kirkbya firma (type locality: 132992)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (British Columbia) Kirkbya firma (106670)