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Knightina texana

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya texana was named by Harlton (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TX Foram & Ostra, W of Cisco, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine horizon in the Cisco Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Knightina texana by Kellett (1933) and Melnyk and Maddocks (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Kirkbya texana Harlton p. 135 figs. Pl 21, figs 6a,b
1933Knightina texana Kellett p. 100 figs. Pl 16, figs 23-28
1988Knightina texana Melnyk and Maddocks p. 34 figs. pl. 2 f. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
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
speciestexana(Harlton 1928)

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 texana Harlton 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.320

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 Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) Kirkbya texana (215213)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Knightina texana (133139 133141)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Knightina texana (95361 110321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Knightina texana (88235 95375 110317)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Knightina texana (110313 110314 110316)