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Kirkbya clarocarinata

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya clarocarinata was named by Knight (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Knight's locality #38, which is in a Desmoinesian offshore shale in the Henrietta Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. ingeniosa, K. laciniata, K. scaphula, K. voluta, K. waltheri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Kirkbya clarocarinata Knight p. 258 figs. Pl 32, fig 2; pl 33, fig 2
1933Kirkbya clarocarinata Kellett p. 86 figs. Pl 14, figs 50-53

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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
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKirkbyidaeUlrich and Bassler 1906
genusKirkbya
speciesclarocarinataKnight 1928

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.

†Kirkbya clarocarinata Knight 1928
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Diagnosis
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