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A new ophiuroid from the Sundays River Formation (Lower Cretaceous), South Africa
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2015
Abstract
Ophiolancea swartkopensis n. gen. and sp. is the first ophiuroid to be described from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) Sundays River Formation, South Africa. Ophiolancea is distinguished by lanceolate lateral arm shields which occur on the distal portions of the arms. Associated fauna and stratigraphic evidence suggest that the specimen was buried in an intertidal mud flat.
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