A new trachyleberid ostracod genus from the early Tertiary of western Asia

Volume / Part: 24 / 4
Publication Date: November 1981
Page(s): 877 - 890
Authored By: Qadeer A. Siddiqui and Ali A. F. Al-Furaih

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A new trachyleberid ostracod genus, Schizoptocythere, is proposed for ten species from the early Tertiary of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and India. The genus is characterized by possessing strongly protruding eye-tubercles, which usually bear an extra tubercle or spine posteriorly. Nine species of the genus are described, including seven new species: Schizoptocythere circumspinosa, S. lissos, S. torquata, S. temperata, S. taurus, S. simopyge, and S. ventricosa.

Palaeontology - Volume 24 Part 4 Pages 877-890

Palaeontology - Volume 24 Part 4 Pages 877-890

Citations

SIDDIQUI, Q. A., AL-FURAIH, A. A. F. 1981. A new trachyleberid ostracod genus from the early Tertiary of western Asia. Palaeontology, 24, 4, 877–890.