Carbonita (ostracod)

Carbonita is an extinct genus of nonmarine ostracod crustaceans that lived during the Carboniferous period.

Carbonita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Family:
Carbonitidae
Genus:
Carbonita

Strand, 1928
Synonyms

Carbonia Jones, 1870 [1]

Species

The genus contains four species:[1]

  • Carbonita evelinae (Jones, 1870)
  • Carbonita pungens (Jones & Kirkby, 1867)
  • Carbonita ovata Retrum & Kaesler, 2005
  • Carbonita triangulata Retrum & Kaesler, 2005

References
  1. Julie B. Retrum & Roger L. Kaesler (2005). "Early Permian Carbonitidae (Ostracoda): ontogeny, affinity, environment and systematics" (PDF). Journal of Micropalaeontology. 24 (2): 179โ€“190. doi:10.1144/jm.24.2.179. S2CID 46953008.
  • Carboniferous Ostracoda, the Genus Carbonita Strand. FW Anderson, 1970
  • Quantitative analysis of dimorphism in Carbonita humilis (Jones and Kirkby). MJM Bless, JE Pollard, American Bulletin of Paleontology, 1975


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