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The oldest notostracan ( U pper D evonian S trud locality, B elgium)
Author(s) -
Lagebro Linda,
Gueriau Pierre,
Hegna Thomas A.,
Rabet Nicolas,
Butler Aodhán D.,
Budd Graham E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
palaeontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1475-4983
pISSN - 0031-0239
DOI - 10.1111/pala.12155
Subject(s) - arthropod mouthparts , appendage , fauna , biology , anatomy , botany
A new notostracan crustacean, S trudops goldenbergi gen. et sp. nov., is described from the well‐preserved terrestrial arthropod fauna of the U pper D evonian of S trud, B elgium. The fossil notostracan bears a close resemblance to modern notostracans in possessing a large, simple head shield covering almost half of the whole body, a set of phyllopodous thoracic appendages and a legless posterior abdomen with a telson bearing a caudal furca. The differentiation and relative size of mouthparts and limbs suggest that these specimens are all adults. The notostracans described herein are the earliest clear members of the total group N otostraca.