Professor David Siveter

Emeritus Professor of Palaeontology 

Direct contact:
T: 0116 252 3925 
E: djs@le.ac.uk

Research Interests

Stratigraphy & invertebrate palaeontology, especially micropalaeontology.  Programme concentrates on Lower Palaeozoic lagerstätten (Cambrian, Chengjiang, China; Silurian, Herefordshire) and palaeobiology and evolution of Palaeozoic arthropods (e.g. Ostracoda Bradoriida), particularly from Europe, North America, China and the former Soviet Union.

Four Recent Publications

• Siveter, David J., Briggs, D.E.G., Siveter, Derek J. & Sutton, M.D.  2010. An exceptionally preserved myodocopid ostracod from the Silurian of Herefordshire, UK. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B, 277, 1539-1544.
• Zhang Xi-guang, Maas, A., Haug, J.T., Siveter, D.J. & Waloszek D. 2010.  A eucrustacean metanauplius from the Lower Cambrian.  Current Biology, 20, 1075-1079.
• Sutton, M.D., Briggs, D.E.G., Siveter, David J. & Siveter, Derek J.  2011. A soft-bodied lophophorate from the Silurian of England. Biology Letters, 6, 146-149.
• Hou, Xian-guang, Aldridge, R.J., Siveter, David J., Siveter, Derek J.,Williams, M., Zalasiewicz, J.A. & Ma Xiao-ya.  2011. A pterobranch hemichordate zooid from the lower Cambrian.  Current Biology, 21, 1-5.
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