†Luprisca Siveter et al. 2014 (ostracod)
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Full reference: D. J. Siveter, G. Tanaka, C. Farrell, M. J. Martin, D. J. Siveter and D. E. G. Briggs. 2014. Exceptionally preserved 450-million-year-old Ordovician ostracods with brood care. Current Biology 24:1-6
Parent taxon: Myodocopida according to D. J. Siveter et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Bisulcoentomozoe, Calocaria, Changyangnia, Cladocopina, Cyclolberis, Kuzminaella, Macrocyprina, Myodocopina, Nymphatelinoidea, Paleomyodocopina, Paraungerella, Rabienella, Rabienites, Steinachella, Truyolsina
Subtaxa: Luprisca incuba
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at "Beecher's Trilobite Bed," Utica Shale, NY (Ordovician of New York)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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