Amphissites knighti Sohn 1954 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

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 Amphissites according to I. G. Sohn 1954

Sister taxa: Amphissites (Amphikegelites), Amphissites (Amphissites), Amphissites bushi, Amphissites carinodus, Amphissites centronotus, Amphissites dattonensis, Amphissites gifuensis, Amphissites marginiferus, Amphissites miseri, Amphissites neocentronotus, Amphissites nodosus, Amphissites rugosus, Amphissites sinensis, Amphissites sosioensis, Amphissites subcentronotus, Amphissites wapanuckensis

Type specimen: USNM 118418. 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: found only at USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains

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