The earliest myodocopes: ostracodes from the late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstatte of South Africa

The late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstätte of South Africa has yielded Myodoprimigenia fistuca n. gen. and n. sp., the earliest and only known Ordovician occurrence of myodocopes, one of the major groups of ostracodes. M. fistuca is a likely sister group of the Upper Silurian 'cypridinid'...

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Main Authors: Gabbott, SE, Siveter, D, Aldridge, R, Theron, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003