Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Cylindroleberididae

Full reference: D. J. Siveter, D. E. G. Briggs, M. D. Sutton and S. C. Joomun. 2013. A Silurian myodocope with preserved soft-parts: cautioning the interpretation of the shell-based ostracod record. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 280(1752):20122664

Parent taxon: Cylindroleberididae according to D. J. Siveter et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Asteropteron, Asteropteroninae, Colymbosathon, Cyclasterope, Cyclasteropinae, Cylindroleberis, Hungaroleberis, Leuroleberis, Nasunaris, Prionotoleberis, Spiricopia

Subtaxa: Pauline avibella

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Type: Pauline avibella

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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