''Pauline'' is a fossil genus of

ostracod Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several orders. They are small crustaceans, typic ...

s from the

Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozoi ...

. Genus contains two species: ''

Pauline avibella ''Pauline avibella'' is a fossil ostracod from the Silurian with unusually well preserved soft parts, including limbs, eyes, gills and alimentary system. The tiny shelled arthropod was found in 425-million-year-old rocks in the Herefordshire La ...

'' found in 425-million-year-old rocks in the Herefordshire Lagerstätte in England near the Welsh Border and '' Pauline nivisis'', known from the Lower Silurian (upper Telychian) Pentamerus Bjerge Formation of north

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is ...

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Myodocopida Prehistoric ostracod genera Silurian crustaceans Fossils of Greenland {{paleo-crustacean-stub