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A new fossil bristle worm (Annelida: Polychaeta: Aphroditiformia) from the late Cretaceous of tropical America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2015

Javier Luque ,
Stéphane Hourdez  and
Olev Vinn
Javier Luque
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada 〈[email protected]〉 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa-Ancón 0843–03092, Panamá, Panamá
Stéphane Hourdez
Affiliation:
CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29682 Roscoff, France Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29682 Roscoff, France 〈hourdez@sb–roscoff.fr〉
Olev Vinn
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Tartu, Ravila 14A, Tartu 50411, Estonia 〈[email protected]〉
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Abstract

A new species of aphroditiform polychaete, Protopholoe colombiana, is described from the Coniacian of Colombia, South America, increasing the number of species of this genus known from the fossil record to two. This is the first occurrence of fossil soft-bodied polychaetes in the Tropical Americas, and indicates that aphroditiforms were spread worldwide during the Mesozoic.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 89 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 257 - 261
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