Brittle-star mass occurrence on a Late Cretaceous methane seep from South Dakota, USA

Articulated brittle stars are rare fossils because the skeleton rapidly disintegrates after death and only fossilises intact under special conditions. Here, we describe an extraordinary mass occurrence of the ophiacanthid ophiuroid Brezinacantha tolis gen. et sp. nov., preserved as articulated skele...

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Autores principales: Thuy, Ben, Landman, Neil H., Larson, Neal L., Numberger-Thuy, Lea D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29941907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27326-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29941907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27326-z

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