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Kirkbyidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Kirkbyidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Palaeocopida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Crasquin. 2008. Ostracod paleontology, in Ostracods across the Permian-Triassic boundary in western Tethys: the Bulla parastratotype (southern Alps, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114(2):233-262 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kirkbyinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Aurikirkbya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 42 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Boreokirkbya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Carinaknightina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 290 Ma Permian | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Kirkbya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 172 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Knightina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 77 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 252 Ma Permian | |
| Nodokirkbya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Reviya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 47 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 252 Ma Permian | |
| Scutikirkbya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Shleesha ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 49 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Tubulikirkbya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Villozona ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1906 | Kirkbyidae Ulrich and Bassler |
| 2008 | Kirkbyidae Crasquin p. 242 |
| 2015 | Kirkbyidae Zazzali et al. p. 304 |
| 2017 | Kirkbyidae Forel p. 15 |
| 2018 | Kirkbyidae Tanaka p. 10 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
