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Kirkina millardensis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Kirkina millardensis was named by Salmon (1942). Its type specimen is Columbia Univ. 25917 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Point of Rocks, which is in a Whiterockian peritidal limestone in the Lehman Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Kirkina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Kirkina millardensis Salmon p. 599 figs. pl. 87, figs. 34, 35, 19
1956Kirkina millardensis Cooper p. 866

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyFurcitellidae(Williams 1965)
genusKirkina
speciesmillardensis

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.

†Kirkina millardensis Salmon 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 16:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Utah) Kirkina millardensis (type locality: 186173)