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 |