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Aurikirkbya

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy

Aurikirkbya was named by Sohn (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Guad-l]. Its type is Kirkbya wordensis.

It was assigned to Kirkbyinae by Sohn (1954); to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kirkbyidae by Benson et al. (1961), Fohrer and Samankassou (2005), Crasquin and Forel (2010), Tanaka (2018).

Species

A. alta, A. altalobata, A. auriformis, A. barbarae, A. canyonensis, A. formula, A. hispanica, A. kellettae, A. kinshozhanensis, A. miyakei, A. subkellettae, A. ventrocallosa, A. wordensis, A. wymani

Species lacking formal opinion data

A. triseriata

Synonyms

Sulcoaurikirkbya was named by Becker and Wang (1992). Its type is Aurikirkbya alta.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aurikirkbya by Crasquin and Forel (2010).

It was assigned to Kirkbyidae by Becker and Wang (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1950	Aurikirkbya Sohn p. 35
1954	Aurikirkbya Sohn p. 9
1961	Aurikirkbya Benson et al. p. Q164
1992	Sulcoaurikirkbya Becker and Wang p. 22
2002	Aurikirkbya Sepkoski
2005	Aurikirkbya Fohrer and Samankassou p. 326
2010	Aurikirkbya Crasquin and Forel p. 336
2018	Aurikirkbya Tanaka p. 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Palaeocopida	Henningsmoen 1953
suborder	Beyrichicopina	Scott 1961
superfamily	Kirkbyoidea	(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
family	Kirkbyidae	Ulrich and Bassler 1906
genus	Aurikirkbya

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.

G. †Aurikirkbya Sohn 1950

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†Aurikirkbya alta Shi 1982

†Aurikirkbya altalobata Becker and Wang 1992

†Aurikirkbya auriformis Sohn 1950

†Aurikirkbya barbarae Sohn 1950

†Aurikirkbya canyonensis Harlton 1929

†Aurikirkbya formula Ishizaki 1964

†Aurikirkbya hispanica Becker et al. 1977

†Aurikirkbya kellettae Harlton 1929

†Aurikirkbya kinshozhanensis Tanaka 2013

†Aurikirkbya miyakei Tanaka and Ono 2012

†Aurikirkbya subkellettae Ishizaki 1964

†Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa Becker and Wang 1992

†Aurikirkbya wordensis Hamilton 1942

†Aurikirkbya wymani Kellett 1933

Invalid names: Sulcoaurikirkbya Becker and Wang 1992 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
carapace height	2	0.442	0.390	0.500	0.445	0.078
shell height	3	0.574	0.470	0.760	0.530	0.153
valve height	21	0.601	0.270	0.970	0.610	0.203

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 Kasimovian to the top of the Changhsingian or 307.00000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (35 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian	323.4 - 298.9	USA (Kentucky)	A. triseriata (217268 217276)
Kasimovian	307.0 - 303.7	USA (Kansas)	Kirkbya canyonensis (132992)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (Kansas)	Kirkbya canyonensis (95377)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	USA (Kansas)	Kirkbya wymani (95361 110320) Kirkbya wymani, Kirkbya canyonensis (95379)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	Austria	A. hispanica (108503)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Japan	A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2, A. ventrocallosa (197662)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	USA (Kansas)	A. wymani (117949) Kirkbya wymani (93781)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Canada (British Columbia)	A. wordensis (106669)
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	USA (Kansas)	Kirkbya wymani (110313 110316 110319)
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	Canada (British Columbia)	A. kellettae (106673)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	USA (Texas)	Kirkbya wordensis, A. barbarae, A. auriformis (43517)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	Japan	A. sp., A. miyakei (131084)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Japan	A. formula, A. subkellettae (109844) A. sp., A. kinshozhanensis (142029)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Russian Federation	A. sp. (124400)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Anhui)	A. altalobata (143417)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Sichuan)	A. ventrocallosa, A. altalobata (143434)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	Israel	A. formula (40950 108990 108992 108993)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	China (Zhejiang)	A. alta (97908 117574 117628 117635 117638 117639) Sulcoaurikirkbya alta (143418)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	China (Guangxi)	A. sp. 1 (97095)