Carinaknightina ventrocingula Becker and Wang 1992 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae

Full reference: G. Becker and S. Q. Wang. 1992. Kirkbyacea and Bairdiacea (Ostracoda) from the Palaeozoic of China. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 224:1-54

Belongs to Carinaknightina according to G. Becker and S. Q. Wang 1992

Sister taxa: Carinaknightina baloghi, Carinaknightina braccinii, Carinaknightina carinata, Carinaknightina discarinata, Carinaknightina hofmanni, Carinaknightina neutrum, Carinaknightina tibetensis, Carinaknightina tricarinata, Carinaknightina zhenfengensis

Type specimen: NIGP 115690, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Beichuan, sample ACF1-275, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wujiaping Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Beichuan, sample ACF1-275

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