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Hydrospire meshwork of the Carboniferous Blastoid Pentremites Say

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Harold H. Beaver*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798

Extract

Unusual preservation of blastoid hydrospire meshwork in a single Mississippian specimen was described by Beaver (1981). Examination of additional specimens from different stratigraphic units has revealed other specimens of Mississippian age showing the same hydrospire meshwork.

Type
Paleontological Notes
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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