Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Full reference: I. G. Sohn. 1954. Ostracoda from the Permian of the Glass Mountains, Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-A:1-24
Belongs to Knightina according to I. G. Sohn 1954
Sister taxa: Knightina ampla, Knightina bassleri, Knightina bullaensis, Knightina fildari, Knightina harltoni, Knightina hongfui, Knightina hungarica, Knightina incurva, Knightina multicarinata, Knightina reticulata, Knightina texana, Knightina ultima, Knightina unnoda
Type specimen: USNM 118393, a shell (Carapace). Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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