Ostracoda - Platycopida - Knoxitidae
Synonyms: Geisinidae Sohn 1961, Kloedcytherellidae Kozur 1985
Parent taxon: Kloedenelloidea according to M. B. Forel et al. 2020
See also Benson et al. 1961, Chitnarin 2012, Crasquin 2008, Crasquin-Soleau 1997, Jones 2010, Tibert et al. 2013 and Zazzali et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Geffenina Geisina Glyptopleurina Hypotetragona Kloedcytherella Knoxiella Knoxites Langdaia Pseudoleperditia Sargentina
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (12 collections), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (6), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (2)
• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (42), Greece (2), Hungary (8), Iran (3), Israel (5), Italy (12), Oman (15), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Thailand (19), Turkey (2), United States (1: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Yukon), China (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Northern Territories), China (1), France (2), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (7), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (8: Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio)
Total: 178 collections including 247 occurrences