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Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis was named by Tanaka (2013). Its type specimen is MPC-03171, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kinshozan Mountain fissure, Akasaka, which is in a Capitanian carbonate mudstone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis Tanaka p. 290 figs. 4.1, 4.2

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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
genusAurikirkbya
specieskinshozhanensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.500
valve height10.500

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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis (type locality: 142029)