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Knightina incurva

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae

Taxonomy
Knightina incurva was named by Kellett (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85462 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lincolnville, 8 miles SE on road to Elmdale, Marion County, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Winfield Formation of Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. confluens, K. cuestaforma, K. fidlari, K. jiqiangi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Knightina incurva Kellett p. 102 figs. Pl 16, figs 29-32
1959Knightina incurva Jung Echols and Creath p. 401

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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
speciesincurva

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 incurva Kellett 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.420

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 Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Knightina incurva (110318)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Knightina incurva (110316 type locality: 110319)