Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Full reference: J. Gliwa. 2020. Taxonomic names, in Ostracods from the end-Permian mass extinction in the Aras Valley section (north-west Iran). Papers in Palaeontology 7:1003-1042
Belongs to Carinaknightina according to J. Gliwa 2020
Sister taxa: Carinaknightina baloghi, Carinaknightina braccinii, Carinaknightina carinata, Carinaknightina discarinata, Carinaknightina neutrum, Carinaknightina tibetensis, Carinaknightina tricarinata, Carinaknightina ventrocingula, Carinaknightina zhenfengensis
Type specimen: ECO116, a carapace. Its type locality is AV028, Aras Valley section, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Elikah Formation of Iran.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at AV028, Aras Valley section
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