Carbonita is an extinct genus of nonmarine ostracod crustaceans that lived during the Carboniferous period.
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Genus: | Carbonita Strand, 1928
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Carbonia Jones, 1870 [1] |
Species
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b Julie B. Retrum & Roger L. Kaesler (2005). "Early Permian Carbonitidae (Ostracoda): ontogeny, affinity, environment and systematics" (PDF). Journal of Micropalaeontology. 24 (2): 179–190. 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