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Kirkbya clarocarinata

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya clarocarinata was named by Knight (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Knight's locality #38, which is in a Desmoinesian offshore shale in the Henrietta Formation of Missouri.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Kirkbya clarocarinata Knight p. 258 figs. Pl 32, fig 2; pl 33, fig 2
1933Kirkbya clarocarinata Kellett p. 86 figs. Pl 14, figs 50-53

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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
speciesclarocarinataKnight 1928

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 clarocarinata Knight 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.660

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 Atokan to the top of the Kungurian or 318.60000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) Kirkbya clarocarinata (210784)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Colorado) Kirkbya clarocarinata (275969)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Kirkbya clarocarinata (type locality: 215053)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Colorado) Kirkbya clarocarinata (276091)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Kirkbya clarocarinata (132992 133145)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Kirkbya clarocarinata (95706 95707)