Imperial College London
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DrMarkSutton

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Reader in Palaeontology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7487m.sutton

 
 
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G.25Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Siveter:2018:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0464,
author = {Siveter, D and Briggs, D and Siveter, D and Sutton, M},
doi = {10.1098/rsbl.2018.0464},
journal = {Biology Letters},
title = {A well-preserved respiratory system in a Silurian ostracod},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0464},
volume = {14},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Ostracod crustaceans are diverse and ubiquitous in aqueous environments today but relatively few known species have gills. Ostracods are the most abundant fossil arthropods but examples of soft-part preservation, especially of gills, are exceptionally rare. A new ostracod, Spiricopia aurita (Myodocopa), from the marine Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte (430 Mya), UK, preserves appendages, lateral eyes and gills. The respiratory system includes five pairs of gill lamellae with hypobranchial and epibranchial canals that conveyed haemolymph. A heart and associated vessels had likely evolved in ostracods by the Mid-Silurian.
AU  - Siveter,D
AU  - Briggs,D
AU  - Siveter,D
AU  - Sutton,M
DO  - 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0464
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1744-957X
TI  - A well-preserved respiratory system in a Silurian ostracod
T2  - Biology Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0464
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65527
VL  - 14
ER  -
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