Abstract
AbstractA new genus and species of carneyellid edrioasteroid,Spiracarneyella florencein. gen. n. sp., is described from the Upper Ordovician (Kaitian) Point Pleasant Formation of northern Kentucky and southern Ohio.Spiracarneyellan. gen. is characterized by having all five ambulacra curving clockwise around the theca, having small node-bearing interambulacral plates in the distal interambulacra, and having the periproct placement slightly offset to the right side of the CD interambulacrum. The oral area of carneyellids evolved by paedomorphosis of the oral plates covering the mouth. The straight ambulacra ofCryptogoleusand the spiraling ambulacra ofSpiracarneyellan. gen. evolved by paedomorphosis and peramorphosis, respectively.UUID:http://zoobank.org/79733c8f-0bc8-4e7e-8f77-8508f576755c
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