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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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Thuy, Ben, Landman, Neil H., Larson, Neal L., Numberger-Thuy, Lea D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018167/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29941907
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27326-z
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