Ordovician echinoderms
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Recent papers in Ordovician echinoderms
A diverse crinoid fauna is described from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) Fombuena Formation from the eastern Iberian Chains of Spain. New crinoids include the diplobathrid cameratesFombuenacrinus nodulusn. gen. n. sp.,Goyacrinus... more
The material of the discussed rare ophiuroid Bohemura jahni Jaekel, 1903 was originally collected by J. Barrande at the well-known Middle Ordovician locality Zahorany near Beroun, Barrandian area (Berounian stage, Zahofany Formation,... more
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Two new Early Ordovician crinoids have been discovered in Gondwanan rocks of northwest Argentina.Ramseyocrinus argentinusn. sp., among the most complete for the genus, aids in reconstructing key morphology.Ramseyocrinusis unorthodox with... more
A new crinoid association reported from the Kope Formation (Katian, Ordovician) of northern Kentucky and southwestern Ohio changes the model for facies distribution of crinoids along an Ordovician onshore-offshore depth... more
A stepwise approach is employed to determine the phylogeny of the initial crinoid radiation during the Arenig and Llanvirn series of the Ordovician. Parsimony-based character analysis is completed first on Arenig crinoids and then for... more
Two echinoderm assemblages are described in the Middle Ordovician of Iran (Darriwilian). The Simeh Kuh section (Damghan area, eastern Alborz range) has yielded a rich and diverse blastozoan fauna consisting of fistuliporite... more
The Pole Khavand area southeast of the town of Anarak preserves important clues for understanding geological evolution of Central Iran during the Palaeozoic. New observations confirm the non-conformable relationship between Doshakh... more
Moroccodiscus smithi represents a new cyclocystoid genus and species based on moldic specimens from the Middle Ordovician Taddrist Formation (Darriwilian) of SE Morocco. This represents the earliest articulated member of the... more
The construction of supertrees from smaller, character−based cladograms permits simultaneous inclusion of a large num− ber of taxa in a single analysis, summarizes patterns of relationships from many independent data sources, and... more
Two new families and three new genera and species of Crinoidea from the Icla and Belén formations, Boliv-ian Devonian, are described.
Exceptionally preserved fossils yield crucial information about the evolution of Life on Earth. The Fezouata Biota from the Lower Ordovician of Morocco is a Konservat-Lagerstätte of major importance, and it is today considered as an... more