Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Full reference: B. Kellett. 1933. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kansas: I. the Aparchitidae, Beyrichiidae, Glyptopleuridae, Kloedenellidae, Kirkbyiidae, and Youngiellidae. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):59-108
Belongs to Knightina according to B. Kellett 1933
Sister taxa: Knightina ampla, Knightina bullaensis, Knightina fildari, Knightina harltoni, Knightina hongfui, Knightina hungarica, Knightina incurva, Knightina macknighti, Knightina multicarinata, Knightina reticulata, Knightina texana, Knightina ultima, Knightina unnoda
Type specimen: USNM 85461. Its type locality is District School, Cottonwood Falls, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Chase Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (6: Kansas)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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