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Knightina hungarica

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae

Taxonomy
Knightina hungarica was named by Kozur (1985). Its type specimen is P 1440/Ko 1980 I-544 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nagyvisnyó 4 borehole, Mihalovits quarry, sample Nv 4/45, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Nagyvisnyo Formation of Hungary.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Knightina hungarica Kozur
2010Knightina hungarica Crasquin and Forel p. 334 fig. 3O,P

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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
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKnightinidaeSohn 1970
genusKnightina
specieshungarica

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.

Knightina hungarica Kozur 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height20.2900.2690.3120.2900.030

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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Hungary Knightina hungarica (type locality: 146200)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Israel Knightina hungarica (95762 109723)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Knightina hungarica (97920)