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New ridged, conical, fissiculate blastoid from the Permian of Timor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

James Sprinkle  and
Johnny A. Waters
James Sprinkle
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, USA,
Johnny A. Waters
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608, USA,
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Abstract

Permian rocks from the Indonesian island of Timor contain an abundant and diverse pelmatozoan echinoderm fauna that was extensively monographed in the first half of the twentieth century. Recent collections have produced specimens of Corrugatoblastus savilli, n. gen. n. sp., the first new genus of blastoid described from Timor in 70 years. Corrugatoblastus savilli is a ridged and furrowed, conical, fissiculate blastoid with a highly unusual thecal morphology mimicking a small, solitary, rugose coral. We have placed C. savilli in the Family Codasteridae, although it has several morphological features that are unique when compared to other genera in the family and to other blastoid genera regardless of familial assignment.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 87 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 1071 - 1076
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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