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Two new Ostracoda species are described from Aptian sediments of the Crimean Mountains, Protocythere whatleyi Karpuk, sp. nov. (Protocytheridae Lyubimova, 1955) and Homocythere spinasphaerica Karpuk, sp. nov. (Mandocytheridae Gründel, 1969).
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AKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am indebted to Dr. E.M. Tesakova for invaluable help during work on this paper, and am grateful to Dr. E.A. Shcherbinina and Dr. Yu.O. Gavrilov for organizing field work and to E.A. Brovina for help in treating samples. I am also indebted to Dr. L.M. Melnikova for her thorough reading and comments on the manuscript.
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This study was carried out following the remit for scientific research of the Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (project no. 0135-2019-0062).
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Karpuk, M.S. New Protocytheridae and Mandocytheridae Ostracods from the Aptian of the Crimean Mountains. Paleontol. J. 54, 728–733 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030120070059
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