''Kingena'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of primarily
Cretaceous-aged
brachiopods of the family
Kingenidae
Kingenidae is a family of brachiopods belonging to the order Terebratulida
Terebratulids are one of only three living orders of articulate brachiopods, the others being the Rhynchonellida and the Thecideida. Craniida and Lingulida include livin ...
whose fossils are found in marine strata of
Antarctica,
Europe, and
New Zealand.
Early
Paleocene-aged fossils from
Denmark represent the youngest species.
Taxonomy
Nearctic members have been excluded from this genus by Owen in 1970 and instead represent a separate genus, ''
Waconella''.
Select species
* ''
Kingena blackmorei''
Owen, 1970
* ''
Kingena concinna''
Owen, 1970
* ''
Kingena elegans''
Owen, 1970
* ''
Kingena limburgica
''Kingena'' is an extinct genus of primarily Cretaceous-aged brachiopods of the family Kingenidae whose fossils are found in marine strata of Antarctica, Europe, and New Zealand. Early Paleocene-aged fossils from Denmark represent the youngest s ...
''
Simon, 2005
* ''
Kingena mesembrina''
(Etheridge, 1913)
* ''
Kingena pentangulata''
Woodward, 1833
* ''
Kingena simiensis''
Waring, 1917
Sources
Terebratulida
Prehistoric brachiopod genera
Cretaceous brachiopods
Paleogene brachiopods
Cretaceous brachiopods of Europe
Paleocene animals of Europe
Extinct animals of Antarctica
Cretaceous genus first appearances
Maastrichtian genera
Danian genera
Paleocene genus extinctions
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