Hints, O., 2008a

Author(s):Hints, O.
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

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