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Aurikirkbya wordensis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya wordensis was named by Hamilton (1942). Its type specimen is Wisconsin Univ 22373 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Aurikirkbya.

It was recombined as Aurikirkbya wordensis by Sohn (1950).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. kelletae, A. triseriata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Kirkbya wordensis Hamilton p. 713 figs. Pl 110, fig 13
1950Aurikirkbya wordensis Sohn p. 36 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
specieswordensis()

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 wordensis Hamilton 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height10.760
valve height10.920

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Aurikirkbya wordensis (106669)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Kirkbya wordensis (type locality: 43517)