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Kirkbya pergrandis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya pergrandis was named by Kellett (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85443 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Railroad cut just west of Shawnee-Douglas county line, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Kirkbya pergrandis Kellett p. 85 figs. Pl 14, fig 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—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
speciespergrandis

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 pergrandis Kellett 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height11.03

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 Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Kirkbya pergrandis (132992)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Kirkbya pergrandis (type locality: 132987)