Myodocopid Ostracoda from the late Permian of Greece and a basic classification for Paleozoic and Mesozoic Myodocopida

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Series: Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology, no. 91

By

Kornicker, Louis S 1919-

Sohn, I. G. (Israel Gregory),‏ ‎ 1911-2000
Smithsonian Institution. Press

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000

Notes

Shipping list no.: 2000-0244-P.

Four new genera and six new species are described from the top of the Episkopi Formation (Dorashamian) on the island of Hydra, Greece: Cypridinelliforma rex (new species), Nodophilomedes phoenix (new genus, new species), Swainella bex (new genus, new species), Triadocypris pax (new species), Siveterella pax (new genus, new species), Siveterella flex (new species), and Sylvesterella (new genus), based on specimens in the collection from Greece. Supplementary descriptions are presented of Philomedes rankiniana (Jones and Kirkby, 1867) and Eocypridina radiata (Jones and Kirkby, 1874).A basic classification proposed for Paleozoic and Mesozoic Myodocopida includes a new suborder, three new superfamilies, and three new families.

Subjects

Animals, Fossil , Greece , Hydra Island , Myodocopida, Fossil , Paleontology , Permian

BHL Collections

Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection

Call Number

QE701 .S56 no. 91

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.91.33
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/99089546
OCLC: 43227292