Crinoid encrustation of holocystitid diploporitan echinoderms: strongly asymmetrical Silurian dendritic attachment structures with palaeobiological implications

Abstract Articulated thecae of the holocystitid diploporitan echinoderm Holocystites scutellatus from the middle Silurian (Wenlock: Sheinwoodian) Massie Formation of southeastern Indiana, USA, are encrusted by distinctive structures belonging to another echinoderm. A dendritic attachment structure c...

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Main Authors: James R. Thomka, Thomas E. Bantel, Carlton E. Brett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-021-00233-z