Carbonita (crustacean)

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

Species

The genus contains four species:

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

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