Isolated asterozoan ossicles and pedicellariae occur in micropalaeontological samples from the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Mishina Gora section, north-western Russia. The well-preserved Bursulella unicornis type fossils represent the oldest hitherto record of asterozoan pedicellariae. The accompanying ossicles are not diagnostic but allow their tentative placement within the asteroid stem group. The abundance of disarticulated ossicles in the samples proves that asterozoans were not as rare as they have been considered and were important members of Ordovician ecosystems in the Baltic Palaeobasin.
The ostracode Lavachilina evae gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Arenig of Western Russia. Its carapace possesses a unique discontinuous velum, developed at both ends as a narrow spinose ridge. The systematic position of L. evae is uncertain. Its character set shows mostly palaeocope affinities but also some features of leiocopes. L. evae is tentatively assigned to the palaeocope family Oepikellidae, possibly representing an early member of that family. Although L. evae existed contemporaneously with palaeocopes such as Laccochilina, it does not appear to be closely related to these early eurychilinoids.
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