knightia การใช้
- One inhabitant of these lakes, " Knightia eocaena " is the state fossil.
- Specimens range from larval size to 65 cm and are commonly found in close association with the extinct herring " Knightia sp ."
- The Eocene fish " Knightia " is the Wyoming state fossil . " Triceratops " is the state dinosaur of Wyoming.
- "Crossopholis " was a predator, with fossil evidence of it consuming small schooling fish such as " Knightia eocaena ".
- During the early part of the Cenozoic, Wyoming was home to massive lakes inhabited by fish-like " Knightia " and dense forests.
- The forest area holds native trees that are hundreds of years old, like rewarewa " Knightia excelsa " and kohekohe " Dysoxylum spectabile ".
- Their size varied by species : " Knightia eocaena " was the longest, growing up to 25 centimeters ( 10 inches ), though most specimens are no larger than 15 centimeters . " Knightia alta " was shorter and relatively wider, with specimens averaging between 6 and 10 centimeters.
- Their size varied by species : " Knightia eocaena " was the longest, growing up to 25 centimeters ( 10 inches ), though most specimens are no larger than 15 centimeters . " Knightia alta " was shorter and relatively wider, with specimens averaging between 6 and 10 centimeters.
- It was initially placed in a tribe Grevilleae, but the feature of having four ovules per carpel led C . Venkata Rao to classify it in the tribe Telopeae, and within this a new subtribe Hollandaeae based on the antero-posterior orientation of the perianth, with the genera " Hollandaea ", " Cardwellia ", " Knightia ", " Opisthiolepis " and " Stenocarpus ".