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Kirkbya permiana

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Dithyrocaris permiana was named by Jones (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Byers Quarry, Marsden, Durham, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Kirkbya.

It was recombined as Kirkbya permiana by Jones (1859) and Olempska and Blaszyk (1996).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Dithyrocaris glypta Jones p. 66 figs. Pl 18, fig 12
1850Dithyrocaris permiana Jones p. 66 figs. Pl 18, figs 1a-d
1859Kirkbya permiana Jones p. 129 figs. Pl 10A, figs 1-9; pl 10, figs 5-13
1996Kirkbya permiana Olempska and Blaszyk p. 9 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2

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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
speciespermiana()

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 permiana Jones 1850
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Invalid names: Dithyrocaris glypta Jones 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height20.8140.7200.9200.8200.141

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 Brigantian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 336.00000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Kirkbya permiana (6455)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Dithyrocaris permiana, Dithyrocaris glypta (type locality: 87337)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Lithuania Kirkbya permiana (45952 46158 46159 46198 46411 46414 46421 46422 46427)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Svalbard and Jan Mayen Kirkbya permiana (145691 145692)