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Psilokirkbyella prominens

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyellidae

Taxonomy
Psilokirkbyella prominens was named by Becker and Wang (1992). Its type specimen is NIGP 115706, a valve (right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Damaoqi, sample H45, which is in a Wenlock/Ludlow carbonate limestone in the Bateaobao Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. ozarkensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Psilokirkbyella prominens Becker and Wang p. 24 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,5

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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
genusPsilokirkbyella
speciesprominens

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.

†Psilokirkbyella prominens Becker and Wang 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available