A new trachyleberid ostracod genus from the early Tertiary of western Asia

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SIDDIQUI, Q. A., AL-FURAIH, A. A. F. 1981. A new trachyleberid ostracod genus from the early Tertiary of western Asia. Palaeontology, 24, 4, 877–890.

Qadeer A. Siddiqui and Ali A. F. Al-Furaih A new trachyleberid ostracod genus, Schizoptocythere, is proposed for ten species from the early Tertiary of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and India. The genus is characterized by possessing strongly protruding eye-tubercles, which usually bear an extra tubercle or spine posteriorly. Nine species of the genus are described, including seven new species: Schizoptocythere circumspinosa, S. lissos, S. torquata, S. temperata, S. taurus, S. simopyge, and S. ventricosa. The Palaeontological Association (Free Access)