Luprisca
Luprisca incuba is an extinct species of ostracod crustacean. It was described as a new species in 2014, following discovery and analysis of fossilized specimens in mudstone rocks from New York, United States. A team of researchers from the universities of Yale and Kansas, Oxford and the Japan Agency of Marine Science and Technology made the discovery.
Luprisca Temporal range: Ordovician, | |
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Genus: | Luprisca Siveter et al., 2014 |
Species: | L. incuba |
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Luprisca incuba Siveter et al, 2014 | |
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