Reassessment of Ostracoda from the Lower Devonian Lilydale Limestone of southeastern Australia

The Lower Devonian Lilydale Limestone (Pragian) contains diverse invertebrate fossil faunas including Ostracoda. This contribution provides a taxonomic reassessment of these previously studied ostracod specimens. Twenty ostracod taxa are redescribed and illustrated Evlanella? sp.; Primitiella? sp.; Paraparchites uniumbonata; Paraparchites? sp.; Beyrichiopsis sp.; Bairdiocypris subtrigonalis; Bairdiocypris cf. subtrigonalis; Bairdiocypris sp. 1; Bairdiocypris sp. 2; Bairdiocypris sp. 3; Bairdiocypris sp. 4; Bairdiocypris? sp. 5; Microcheilinella s.l. lilydalensis; Microcheilinella s.l. semicultrata; Bairdia s.l. flexuosa; Bairdiacypris? halli; Bairdiacypris? sp.; Ampuloides? sp.; Gen. indet. 1; Gen. indet. 2; Gen. indet. 3. The problematic identity of some taxa relates to the internal mould state of preservation for all examined specimens.Tamara T.A. Camilleri* [tamara.camilleri@deakin.edu.au], Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences (Melbourne Campus), Victoria 3125, Australia. Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; Elizabeth A. Weldon [l.weldon@deakin.edu.au], Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences (Melbourne Campus), Victoria 3125, Australia. Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; Mark T. Warne [mark.warne@deakin.edu.au], Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences (Melbourne Campus), Victoria 3125, Australia. Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; Rolf Schmidt [RSchmid@museum.vic.gov.au], Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.