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Larval morphology and ontogeny of a late Devonian Phacopid with reduced sight from Thuringia, Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

C. Crônier ,
K. Bartzsch ,
D. Weyer  and
R. Feist
C. Crônier
Affiliation:
1Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Montpellier II, Cc64, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 05, France
K. Bartzsch
Affiliation:
2Wittmannsgereuther Strasse, 07318 Saalfeld, Germany
D. Weyer
Affiliation:
3Naturkunde-Museum, Otto-von-Guericke Str. 68/73, 39104 Magdeburg, Germany
R. Feist
Affiliation:
1Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Montpellier II, Cc64, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 05, France
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Abstract

Exceptionally rich and well-preserved silicified exuviae comprising numerous immature growth stages allow the tracing of detailed morphological and morphogenetical features of the reduced-eyed phacopid species Cryphops? ensae (Richter and Richter, 1926) from the latest Famennian of Thuringia (Central Germany). Ontogenetic features of this species are more similar to those of Phacops than to Trimerocephalus.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 73 , Issue 2: Papers from the Second International Trilobite Conference, August 1997 , March 1999 , pp. 240 - 255
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