Aurikirkbya

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Ostracoda
Suborder:Beyrichicopina
Aurikirkbya
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian-Triassic
Valves of the ostracod genus Aurikirkbya
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Palaeocopida
Suborder: Beyrichicopina
Family: Kirkbyidae
Genus: Aurikirkbya
Sohn, 1950

Aurikirkbya is an extinct genus of ostracod (seed shrimp) belonging to the suborder Beyrichicopina (ornamented beyrichiocopids[1]) and family Kirkbyidae.[2] It is found in Pennsylvanian[3] to Triassic[4] beds in North America,[3] east Asia,[4][2] southwest Asia,[5] and Europe.[6]

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