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Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa was named by Becker and Wang (1992). Its type specimen is NIGP 115695, a valve (left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beichuan, sample ACF1-275, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wujiaping Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa Becker and Wang p. 21 figs. Pl 5, figs 4,5
2018Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa Tanaka p. 10 figs. 5A-D

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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
genusAurikirkbya
speciesventrocallosa

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.

Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa Becker and Wang 1992
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Diagnosis
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