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Knoxiella ventrospinosa

Ostracoda - Platycopida - 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
K. reticulata, K. suboblonga

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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
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