Abstract
Donovan, S.K. & Hoek Ostende, L.W. van den., September 2012. Neoextrania, a replacement name for Extrania Sun & Wang, 1985 (Ostracoda), preoccupied by Extrania Qian in Qiu et al., 1983 (Trilobita). Alcheringa 36, 431. ISSN 0311-5518.
The early Palaeozoic trilobite Extrania Qian in Qiu et al., 1983, is a senior homonym of the Devonian ostracod Extrania Sun & Wang, 1985. Neoextrania nom. nov. is proposed for the homonymous ostracod.
Acknowledgements
S.K.D. thanks NCB—Naturalis for supporting his bibliographic research in the libraries of the Natural History Museum, London. We thank Peter Jell for his most thorough review. This is publication 159 of the Paleobiology Database (http://paleodb.org).