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Kirkbya fossilcliffi

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya fossilcliffi was named by Ferdinando (2001). Its type specimen is UWA 128891 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. ingeniosa, K. laciniata, K. scaphula, K. voluta, K. waltheri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Kirkbya fossilcliffi Ferdinando p. 46 figs. Pl 2, figs 9-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
speciesfossilcliffi

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 fossilcliffi Ferdinando 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Kirkbya fossilcliffi (108211 108214 108222 108223 108226 108228 108229 108236 108238 108240 108241 108242 108244 108246 108276 108280 108283 108285 108287 108288 108289 108290 108292 108293 108294 108296 108297 108298 108300)