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Kirkbya punctata

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya punctata was named by Kellett (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85445 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nine Mile School, District No. 17, which is in a Kasimovian carbonate limestone in the Stanton Formation of Kansas.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Kirkbya punctata Kellett p. 87 figs. Pl 14, figs 46-49

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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
speciespunctata

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 punctata Kellett 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available