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Osculocystis, a New British Silurian Cystoid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. R. C. Paul
C. R. C. Paul
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S.A.
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Abstract

Osculocystis, a new scoliocystine cystoid, is characterized by reduced oral plates which form a tubercle; three pectinirhombs, B2: IL2, L2: R1, and L4: R4; and apparently only one brachiole. Osculocystis is based on a single specimen of the type species, O. monobrachiolata, from the Lower Silurian of Buildwas, Shropshire. It is the first recorded Lower Silurian cystoid from Britain and is most closely related to Glansicystis Paul.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 104 , Issue 5 , October 1967 , pp. 449 - 454
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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