An edrioasteroid from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte of England reveals the nature of the water vascular system in an extinct echinoderm

Echinoderms are unique in having a water vascular system with tube feet, which perform a variety of functions in living forms. Here, we report the first example of preserved tube feet in an extinct group of echinoderms. The material, from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, UK, is assigned to a...

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Những tác giả chính: Briggs, DEG, Siveter, DJ, Sutton, MD, Rahman, IA
Định dạng: Journal article
Được phát hành: Royal Society 2017