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Knightina

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Knightina Kellett p. 97
1954Knightina Sohn p. 11
1961Knightina Benson et al. p. Q164
2002Knightina Sepkoski
2002Tenebrion Sepkoski
2005Knightina Fohrer and Samankassou p. 326
2008Knightina Crasquin p. 242
2018Knightina Tanaka p. 10
2020Knightina Forel et al. p. 382

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKnightinidaeSohn 1970
genusKnightina

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. †Knightina Kellett 1933
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Knightina ampla Kellett 1933
Knightina bassleri Kellett 1933
Knightina bullaensis Crasquin 2008
Knightina fildari Payne 1937
Knightina harltoni Kellett 1933
Knightina hongfui Crasquin 2010
Knightina hungarica Kozur 1985
Knightina incurva Kellett 1933
Knightina macknighti Sohn 1954
Knightina texana Harlton 1928
Knightina ultima Kozur 1985
Knightina unnoda Wang 1978
Invalid names: Tenebrion [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.4900.3600.7400.4650.163
shell height80.5260.3501.100.4500.245
valve height280.3310.1230.6600.3340.142

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: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Griesbachian or 358.90000 to 251.30000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China (Guizhou) K. jiqiangi (58462)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) Kirkbya texana (215213)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) K. harltoni (132992 133144)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian306.95 - 298.9USA (Indiana) K. fidlari, K. harltoni (215554)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) K. ampla (132988) K. texana (133139 133141)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) K. bassleri (95379) K. texana (95361 110321)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Austria K. sp. (108503)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Thailand K. sp. (137890)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand K. ultima (137900)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) K. confluens, K. bassleri (106669)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1USA (Kansas) K. bassleri (93781 110315) K. incurva (110318) K. texana (88235 95375) K. texana, K. bassleri (110317)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Japan K. sp. (197662)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) K. sp. (10471)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (British Columbia) K. fidlari, K. sp. 2, K. sp. 3, K. bassleri (106671) K. sp. 1 (106673)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) K. macknighti (117948)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) K. incurva (110319) K. texana, K. bassleri (110313 110314) K. texana, K. incurva (110316)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Italy K. multicarinata (75509)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) K. cuestaforma, K. macknighti (43517)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Hubei) K. reticulata (145987)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand K. ultima (137902)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Thailand K. sp. (137921 137923) K. ultima (137920)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Oman K. fildari (49917) K. unnoda (121891)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9China (Sichuan) K. sp.1 (189439) K. sp.2 (189446)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greece K. sp. (112052) K. unnoda (112074)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Hungary K. hungarica, Kellettina ultima (146200)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Israel K. hungarica (95762 109723)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy K. bullaensis (84133)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran K. bullaensis (125568 125570 125571 168895 168897 168900 168909 168917 168923 168930)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) K. hongfui (97898 97904 97908 97919) K. sp. A, K. bullaensis, K. hongfui, K. hungarica (97920) K. sp. A, K. hongfui (97910)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Serbia and Montenegro K. sp. 1 (112049)
Griesbachian252.17 - 251.3China (Zhejiang) K. sp. B (97932)