Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Synonym: Tenebrion
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
Parent taxon: Knightinidae according to M. B. Forel et al. 2020
See also Benson et al. 1961, Crasquin 2008, Fohrer and Samankassou 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Sohn 1954 and Tanaka 2018
Sister taxon: Carinaknightina
Subtaxa: Knightina ampla Knightina bassleri Knightina bullaensis Knightina fildari Knightina harltoni Knightina hongfui Knightina hungarica Knightina incurva Knightina macknighti Knightina multicarinata Knightina reticulata Knightina texana Knightina ultima Knightina unnoda
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection)
• Permian of Austria (1), Canada (3: British Columbia), China (9), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Iran (10), Israel (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), Oman (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Thailand (6), United States (16: Kansas, Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (7: Indiana, Kansas, Texas)
Total: 65 collections including 80 occurrences
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