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Kirkbya knuepferi

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya knuepferi was named by Kozur (1985). Its type specimen is P 1435/Ko 1980 I-548 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nagyvisnyo 4 borehole, Mihalovits quarry, sample Nv 4/20, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Nagyvisnyo Formation of Hungary.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Kirkbya knuepferi Kozur p. 25 figs. Pl 6, fig 6

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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
speciesknuepferi

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 knuepferi Kozur 1985
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Diagnosis
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