Hints, O., 2008a
| Author(s): | Hints, O. |
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| Year: | 2008 |
| Title: | Kaljoprion - a new enigmatic jawed polychaete genus from the Upper Ordovician of Estonia |
| Journal: | Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences |
| Volume: | 57 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Pages: | 256-259 |
| Figures: | 2 |
| Abstract | A new Late Ordovician polychaete genus Kaljoprion, with K. laevaensis gen. et sp. nov. as the type species, is described from the Nabala Regional Stage of the Laeva-18 drill core, central Estonia. The genus has a labidognath-type apparatus with the first and second maxillae equipped with anterior denticles developed into characteristic transversal ridges. Similar dentaries are observed in the jaws of distantly related Rhytiprion, suggesting a common feeding habit of both genera and representing a case of convergent evolution among Palaeozoic polychaetes. |
| Keywords: | Baltica, Baltoscandia, Eesti, Ordovician, paleontoloogia, scolecodonts, Taxonomy |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2008.4.05 |
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| New genera described: | 1. Kaljoprion Hints, 2008 |
| New species described: | 1. Kaljoprion laevaensis Hints, 2008 |
