An exceptionally preserved myodocopid ostracod from the Silurian of Herefordshire, UK

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1687, 2010, Pages 1539-1544

  Siveter, David J ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^b   Siveter, Derek J ^c   Sutton, Mark D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cylindroleberidid; Exceptional preservation; Herefordshire lagerst ; Myodocopa; Ostracoda; Silurian; Tte

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; EYE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PRESERVATION; SILURIAN;

ENGLAND; HEREFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRUSTACEA; CYLINDROLEBERIDIDAE; CYPRIDINIDAE; MYODOCOPA; MYODOCOPIDA; OSTRACODA; SARSIELLIDAE;

EID: 77952712246     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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