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First evidence of attached juveniles in the solutan echinoderm Pahvanticystis from the middle Cambrian Weeks Formation (Utah, USA)

HARRY J. SAVAGE IMRAN A. RAHMAN

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The fossil record of the Palaeozoic echinoderm class Soluta suggests they originated in the Miaolingian (middle Cam brian) of Laurentia as permanently attached suspension feeders, demonstrating a stepwise shift towards vagility in successive strata. Here, we report a new specimen of Pah vanticystis cf. utahensis associated with three putative juve niles interpreted as belonging to the same species. We inter pret this as evidence of facultative attachment in juveniles of Pahvanticystis, which had not previously been reported in this taxon, but is known in the earlier genus Castericystis. Our findings indicate that attachment as a juvenile was more widespread in solutans than previously thought.

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Fossil man. Human paleontology Paleontology

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HARRY J. SAVAGE

IMRAN A. RAHMAN

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SAVAGE, H.J., RAHMAN, I.A. (2025). First evidence of attached juveniles in the solutan echinoderm Pahvanticystis from the middle Cambrian Weeks Formation (Utah, USA). https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01228.2024

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Tahun Terbit: 2025
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.4202/app.01228.2024
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