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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |