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Larval morphology and ontogeny of an Upper Devonian phacopid: Nephranops from Thuringia, Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Catherine Crônier
Catherine Crônier*
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Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 1, UMR 8014 et FR 1818 du CNRS, Laboratoire de Paléontologie et Paléogéographie du Paléozoïque, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France,
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Abstract

The recovery of well-preserved silicified immature exuviae allows the first description of the early ontogeny of the phacopid Nephranops incisus incisus from the lower Famennian of Thuringia (central Germany). Evidence is presented that both planktonic and benthic protaspid larval stages were present in phacopid trilobites. Ontogenetic meraspid changes of this species are similar to those of Weyerites and Phacops, supporting the close phyletic relationships between these genera and the ontogenetic homogeneity of the Phacopidae.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 81 , Issue 4 , July 2007 , pp. 684 - 700
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