Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Full reference: I. G. Sohn. 1970. Early Triassic marine ostracods from the Salt Range and Surghar Range, West Pakistan. Stratigraphic Boundary Problems: Permian and Triassic of West Pakistan, Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication 4:193-206
Belongs to Carinaknightina according to I. G. Sohn 1970
Sister taxa: Carinaknightina baloghi, Carinaknightina braccinii, Carinaknightina discarinata, Carinaknightina hofmanni, Carinaknightina neutrum, Carinaknightina tibetensis, Carinaknightina tricarinata, Carinaknightina ventrocingula, Carinaknightina zhenfengensis
Type specimen: USNM 147202, a valve. Its type locality is USGS 29614, Chhidru Nala, K4-CM, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Mianwali Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS 29614, Chhidru Nala, K4-CM
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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