Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Full reference: 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
Belongs to Knightina according to M. B. Forel et al. 2015
See also Crasquin 2008 and Crasquin and Forel 2010
Sister taxa: Knightina ampla, Knightina bassleri, Knightina fildari, Knightina harltoni, Knightina hongfui, Knightina hungarica, Knightina incurva, Knightina macknighti, Knightina multicarinata, Knightina reticulata, Knightina texana, Knightina ultima, Knightina unnoda
Type specimen: P6M2243, a carapace. Its type locality is Bulla section BU5, Bulla Member, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone/wackestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Iran (10), Italy (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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