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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Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2022-07-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220345 |