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Kirkbyellidae

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyellidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbyellidae was named by Sohn (1961). Its type is Kirkbyella. It is the type family of Kirkbyelloidea.

It was assigned to Drepanellacea by Tilman (1984); to Kirkbyoidea by Crasquin-Soleau (1997); and to Kirkbyelloidea by Liebau (2005).

Subtaxa
Kirkbyella (type genus), Psilokirkbyella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Kirkbyellidae Sohn
1984Kirkbyellidae Tilman p. 247
1997Kirkbyellidae Crasquin-Soleau p. 54
2005Kirkbyellidae Liebau p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderEridostracina(Adamczak 1961)
superfamilyKirkbyelloideaSohn 1961
familyKirkbyellidaeSohn 1961
familyKirkbyellidaeSohn 1961

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.

Fm. †Kirkbyellidae Sohn 1961
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G. †Kirkbyella Coryell and Booth 1933
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Subg. †Kirkbyella (Berdanella) Sohn 1961
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†Kirkbyella (Berdanella) unicornis Coryell and Malkin 1936
Subg. †Kirkbyella (Kirkbyella) Coryell and Booth 1933
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†Psilokirkbyella prominens Becker and Wang 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available