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Carbonita

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Taxonomy
Carbonita was named by Strand (1928).

It was assigned to Podocopa by Kellett (1935); and to Cypridacea by Benson et al. (1961).

Species
C. fabulina, C. tumida
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. inversa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Carbonita Strand
1935Carbonita Kellett p. 159
1961Carbonita Benson et al. p. Q247

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyCypridoidea(Baird 1845)
familyCyprididaeBaird 1845
genusCarbonitaStrand 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.

G. †Carbonita Strand 1928
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†Carbonita fabulina Jones and Kirkby 1867
†Carbonita tumida Upson 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.3540.3300.3800.3550.035
valve height30.3940.3400.4600.3900.060

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Sakmarian or 364.70000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Russian Federation C. inversa (80103)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (England) Cythere fabulina (122564)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) C. tumida (132992)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) C. tumida (132989 133137 133139 133142 133164)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) C. sp. (216992 216993 216994)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Krkonose) C. sp. (232614)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) C. tumida (110320)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) C. tumida (88235)