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Knightina ampla

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knightinidae

Taxonomy
Knightina ampla was named by Kellett (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Highway 73W, 0.25 mile west of Oskaloosa, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Knightina ampla Kellett p. 100 figs. Pl 16, figs 43-46

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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
speciesampla

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 ampla Kellett 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.470

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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Knightina ampla (type locality: 132988)