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Cothurnocystis elizae
Fossil of Cothurnocystis elizae (Image source:Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Age Ordovician(Tremadocian-Floian) 480-475 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Stylophora Order: Cornuta Family: Cothurnocystidae Genus: Cothurnocystis Species: Cothurnocystis elizae Morphological description Cothurnocystis elizae possesses a disproportionately large, head-like structure covered with numerous small plate-like elements. This structure bears a row of small ope

Rodrigo
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