III.—On Pleurocaris, a new Crustacean from the English Coal-measures

Through the kindness of Mr. Walter Egginton I have recently had an opportunity of studying an interesting series of Crustacea from the Coal - measures of Coseley, near Dudley. Most of the specimens can be referred, with more or less probability, to the division Syncarida, which includes the living A...

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Published in:Geological magazine 1911-04, Vol.8 (4), p.156-160
Main Author: Calman, W. T.
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Language:English
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Summary:Through the kindness of Mr. Walter Egginton I have recently had an opportunity of studying an interesting series of Crustacea from the Coal - measures of Coseley, near Dudley. Most of the specimens can be referred, with more or less probability, to the division Syncarida, which includes the living Anaspides and its allics, and among them are some which I regard as representing a new genus. Although the fossils, which are contained in nodules of clayironstone, often show very minute details of structure in a beautifully perfect state, it is just those features most important from a morphological point of view that are most frequently obscured. There are many essential points that cannot be determined from the material at my disposal, and the conclusions drawn as to the systematic affinities of the genus must therefore be regarded as to some extent provisional.
ISSN:0016-7568
1469-5081
DOI:10.1017/S0016756800110878