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Tropidocaris salsiusculus, a new rhinocaridid (Crustacea: Phyllocarida) from the Upper Devonian Hampshire Formation of West Virginia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Rodney M. Feldmann ,
Ray M. Boswell  and
Thomas W. Kammer
Rodney M. Feldmann
Affiliation:
1Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
Ray M. Boswell
Affiliation:
2Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26505
Thomas W. Kammer
Affiliation:
2Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26505
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Abstract

A new species of phyllocarid arthropod, Tropidocaris salsiusculus, is described from the Upper Devonian Hampshire Formation near Rowlesburg, West Virginia. The organism was found in association with numerous trace fossils, at least one of which could have been produced by T. salsiusculus, and body fossils, including Lingula sp., several bivalve mollusks and smooth ostracods. Collectively, these organisms suggest a brackish-water environment of deposition. This report represents only the third record of phyllocarids from West Virginia.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 60 , Issue 2 , March 1986 , pp. 379 - 383
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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