Biostratigraphical significance of the Devonian Sinoleperditiini (Ostracoda)

Late Devonian global ostracod palaeobiogeography

“…The characteristic family is Sinoleperditiinae, which is represented by two genera, Paramoelleritia Wang, 1976, and Sinoleperditia Wang, 1989, both of which were characterized by large size (generally about 1 mm, some reaching 7–8 mm) and a developed trailing chevron muscle scar (Wang ; Wang & Peng ). These ostracods were benthic and mainly inhabited marine environments of inshore shallow waters, especially the intertidal, lagoonal and restricted or semirestricted carbonate platforms, where the salinity and energy levels were fluctuated.…”

The earliest leperditicope arthropod: a new genus from the Ordovician of Spitsbergen

“…There are no Early Ordovician leperditicopes from Gondwana, and that group appears to be confined to Laurentia for the Ordovician (Fig. 2): the unusual record of leperditicopes from the supposed Ordovician of Japan (Adachi & Igo, 1980) has been shown to be Devonian in age (Wang & Peng, 2004). The notion of an independent origin for leperditicopes and ostracods (e.g.…”