''Aurikirkbya'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of
ostracod (seed shrimp) belonging to the suborder
Beyrichicopina (ornamented beyrichiocopids
) and family
Kirkbyidae.
It is found in
Pennsylvanian Pennsylvanian may refer to:
* A person or thing from Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvanian (geology)
The Pennsylvanian ( , also known as Upper Carboniferous or Late Carboniferous) is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS geologic timesca ...
to
Triassic beds in North America,
[ east Asia,][ southwest Asia,][ and Europe.][
]
Species
*''A. alta'' Shi 1982[
*''A. canyonensis'' Harlton 1929][
*''A. formula'' Ishizaki 1964][
*''A. wordensis'' Hamilton 1942][
*''A. wymani'' Kellett 1933][
]
References
Paleozoic life
Ostracods
Prehistoric ostracod genera
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