Carbonita (crustacean) explained

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

Species

The genus contains four species:

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