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Australotheca kirkbyi

Hyolithida - Australothecidae

Taxonomy
Theca kirkbyi was named by Howse (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, shell limestone, Durham (Kirkby collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Hyolithes kirkbyi by Malinky and Mapes (1983); it was recombined as Australotheca kirkbyi by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Theca kirkbyi Howse p. 472 figs. Pl 4, fig 27
1861Theca kirkbyi Geinitz p. 44
1983Hyolithes kirkbyi Malinky and Mapes p. 348
2023Australotheca kirkbyi Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderHyolithidaMathew 1962
familyAustralothecidae
genusAustralotheca
specieskirkbyi()

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.

†Australotheca kirkbyi Howse 1857
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Diagnosis
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