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Kirkbyellidae
Taxonomy
Kirkbyellidae was named by Sohn (1961). Its type is Kirkbyella. It is the type family of Kirkbyelloidea.
It was assigned to Drepanellacea by Tilman (1984); to Kirkbyoidea by Crasquin-Soleau (1997); and to Kirkbyelloidea by Liebau (2005).
It was assigned to Drepanellacea by Tilman (1984); to Kirkbyoidea by Crasquin-Soleau (1997); and to Kirkbyelloidea by Liebau (2005).
Subtaxa
Kirkbyella (type genus), Psilokirkbyella
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Kirkbyellidae Sohn |
| 1984 | Kirkbyellidae Tilman p. 247 |
| 1997 | Kirkbyellidae Crasquin-Soleau p. 54 |
| 2005 | Kirkbyellidae Liebau p. 120 |
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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. †Kirkbyellidae Sohn 1961
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G. †Kirkbyella Coryell and Booth 1933
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Subg. †Kirkbyella (Berdanella) Sohn 1961
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†Kirkbyella (Berdanella) stewartae Sohn 1961
†Kirkbyella (Berdanella) unicornis Coryell and Malkin 1936
Subg. †Kirkbyella (Kirkbyella) Coryell and Booth 1933
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†Kirkbyella (Kirkbyella) bellipuncta Van Pelt 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Richmondian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 449.60000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (44 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Richmondian | Canada (Nunavut) | Kirkbyella uphami (24176) | |
| Alexandrian | Canada (Québec) | K. sp. (24582 24830 24831) | |
| Silurian | USA (Oklahoma) | Kirkbyella sp. (528) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | China (Nei Mongol) | Psilokirkbyella prominens (143443) | |
| Wenlock - Pridoli | China (Xizang) | Psilokirkbyella prominens (143448) | |
| Pridoli - Lochkovian | USA (Oklahoma) | Psilokirkbyella magnopuncata, Kirkbyella obliqua (26826) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (New York) | Kirkbyella sp. (24815) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | Russian Federation | Kirkbyella sp. 1 (35715 35718) | |
| Eifelian | USA (Virginia) | Kirkbyella sp. (6993) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (Ohio) | Kirkbyella bellipuncta (228295) Kirkbyella stewartae (228292 228293 228294) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Czechia (Moravia) | Kirkbyella sp. (5767) | |
| Givetian | USA (Michigan) | Kirkbyella bellipuncta, Kirkbyella stewartae, Kirkbyella unicornis (38475 38476) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Kirkbyella tora (94042 94046 94049) Kirkbyella tora, Kirkbyella verticalis (94041) Kirkbyella tora, Kirkbyella verticalis, Kirkbyella unicornis (94047 94048) | |
| Givetian | USA (Ohio) | Kirkbyella bellipuncta, Kirkbyella stewartae, Kirkbyella unicornis (81857 206972 206973 206974) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Indiana) | Kirkbyella annensis, Psilokirkbyella ozarkensis (6733 6734) | |
| Osagean | USA (California) | Psilokirkbyella ozarkensis, Kirkbyella n. sp. aff. Kirkbyella annensis, Kirkbyella n. sp. aff. Kirkbyella reticulata (225970) | |
| Chadian | USA (Tennessee) | Kirkbyella sp. (6914) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Tennessee) | Kirkbyella sp. (6915 6916 6917 6918 6920 6921) | |
| Meramecian | USA (Arkansas) | Kirkbyella quadrata (76118 76148) | |
| Sakmarian | China (Zhejiang) | Kirkbyella sp. (120910) | |
| Artinskian | Canada (British Columbia) | Kirkbyella sp. 1 (106670) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Greece | Kirkbyella sp. (112056) |