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Carbonita (crustacean)

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Carbonita
Temporal range: Carboniferous - Early Permian
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Carbonita

Strand, 1928
Synonyms

Carbonia Jones, 1870 [1]

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

Species

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The genus contains four species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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