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Kingena

Davidson, 1852

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Extant Cretaceous - early Paleocene

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Descriptions(3)

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 species.

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Nearctic members have been excluded from this genus by Owen in 1970 and instead represent a separate genus, Waconella.

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Kingena blackmorei Owen, 1970 Kingena concinna Owen, 1970 Kingena elegans Owen, 1970 Kingena limburgica Simon, 2005 Kingena mesembrina (Etheridge, 1913) Kingena pentangulata Woodward, 1833 Kingena simiensis Waring, 1917

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