Pauline avibella Siveter et al. 2013 (ostracod)

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

Belongs to Pauline according to D. J. Siveter et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OUMNH C.29614, a carapace. Its type locality is Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte, which is in a Wenlock basinal (carbonate) carbonate/volcaniclastic in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte

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