Ausichicrinites zelenskyyi gen. et sp. nov., a first nearly complete feather star (Crinoidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Africa

Fossil comatulids, referred to as feather stars, are mostly known from highly disarticulated specimens. A single isolated element (centrodorsal) has been the basis for taxonomic description of a vast majority of fossil comatulids. Here, we report a nearly complete, and thus extremely rare, comatulid...

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Main Authors: Mariusz A. Salamon, Sreepat Jain, Tomasz Brachaniec, Piotr Duda, Bartosz J. Płachno, Przemysław Gorzelak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2022-07-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220345