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Knoxiella ventrospinosa

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knoxitidae

Taxonomy
Knoxiella ventrospinosa was named by Crasquin (2008). Its type specimen is P6M2236, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bulla section BU1A, ostracod unit, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal marl/dolomite in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Knoxiella ventrospinosa Crasquin p. 240 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKloedenelloidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1908)
familyKnoxitidaeEgorov 1950
genusKnoxiella
speciesventrospinosa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Knoxiella ventrospinosa Crasquin 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height40.3180.1900.3950.3700.095

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Knoxiella ventrospinosa (84130 84152 type locality: 87163 87165 87166 87192 87193)