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Knightia
Taxonomy
Knightia was named by Jordan (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 915].
It was assigned to Clupeidae by Jordan (1907) and Schaeffer (1947); to Pellonulinae by Grande (1982); and to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Clupeidae by Jordan (1907) and Schaeffer (1947); to Pellonulinae by Grande (1982); and to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Knightia Jordan 1907
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†Knightia andreae Dusén 1908
†Knightia branneri Jordan 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Oligocene or 83.50000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | Antarctica | K. andreae (150274) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | K. eocaena (15853) K. sp. (74615 74616 74617 85026) | |
| Middle Eocene - Oligocene | Argentina (Chubut) | K. andreae (141241) |