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,
Fossil specimen
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Luprisca

Siveter et al., 2014
Species:
L. incuba
Binomial name
Luprisca incuba
Siveter et al, 2014
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