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Knightina macknighti

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae

Taxonomy
Knightina macknighti was named by Sohn (1954) [?Knightina macknighti]. Its type specimen is USNM 118393, a shell (Carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Knightina macknighti Sohn p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 7,8; pl 3, figs 4-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
Life
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKnightinidaeSohn 1970
genusKnightina
speciesmacknighti

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 macknighti Sohn 1954
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Diagnosis
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