A new brittle star from the early Carboniferous of Poland and its implications on Paleozoic modern-type ophiuroid systematics

The fossil record of Paleozoic ophiuroids includes a number of forms which share striking similarities with modern relatives in terms of skeletal morphology. These so called modern-type Paleozoic ophiuroids yield an enormous potential for a better understanding of ophiuroid evolution, yet the scarci...

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Main Authors: Ben Thuy, Manfred Kutscher, Bartosz J. Płachno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2015-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app60/app000932014.pdf