Kingena
Extinct genus of brachiopods
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Kingena is an extinct genus of primarily Cretaceous-aged brachiopods of the family Kingenidae[1] whose fossils are found in marine strata of Antarctica, Europe, and New Zealand.[2][3] Early Paleocene-aged fossils from Denmark represent the youngest species.[4]
| Kingena Temporal range: Cretaceous - early Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Terebratulida |
| Family: | Kingenidae |
| Genus: | †Kingena Davidson, 1852 |
| Type species | |
| Terebratula lima Defrance, 1828 | |
Taxonomy
Nearctic members have been excluded from this genus by Owen in 1970 and instead represent a separate genus, Waconella.[2]
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