''Carbonita'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of nonmarine
ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a Class (biology), class of the crustacean, Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 33,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant taxon, extant) have been identified,Brandão, S.N.; Antoni ...
crustacean
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s that lived during the
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...
period.
Species
The genus contains four species:
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Carbonita evelinae
Carbonita is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 9,414 in a total area of 1,454 km2. The elevation of the town center is 751 meters. The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region ...
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(Jones, 1870)
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Carbonita pungens
Carbonita is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 9,414 in a total area of 1,454 km2. The elevation of the town center is 751 meters. The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region ...
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(Jones & Kirkby, 1867)
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Carbonita ovata
Carbonita is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 9,414 in a total area of 1,454 km2. The elevation of the town center is 751 meters. The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region ...
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Retrum & Kaesler, 2005
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Carbonita triangulata
Carbonita is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 9,414 in a total area of 1,454 km2. The elevation of the town center is 751 meters. The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region ...
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Retrum & Kaesler, 2005
References
*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
Prehistoric ostracod genera
Podocopida genera
Carbonitidae
Carboniferous crustaceans
Fossils of Russia
Fossils of the United States
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