A new species of the problematic organism Webbyites from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota of Morocco

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 10 Jun 2023 Spain English Publisher:Estonian Academy PublishersJournal:Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, volume 72, pages 74-77 (issn: 1736-4728,

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Authors: Lucy A. Muir; Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco;

doi: 10.3176/earth.2023.24

handle: 10261/348447 , 20.500.14352/87737

A new species of the problematic organism Webbyites from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota of Morocco

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The problematic colonial organism Webbyites has previously been considered to be a hydroid (phylum Cnidaria). In this paper, we describe a new species, Webbyites felix sp. nov., from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Konservat-LagerstÃ¤tte of Morocco. One specimen preserves some soft-tissue zooid remains. The presence of a stolon system in the new species and the type species indicates that Webbyites is a benthic graptolite. Webbyites lacks bithecae; thus, it is not a dendroid graptolite.

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QE1-996.5, fezouata biota, graptolite, Fezouata Biota, Ordovician, Geology, Graptolite, 2416.02 Paleontología de Los Invertebrados, Paleontología, Morocco, ordovician, fossil-lagerstätten, morocco, Fossil-Lagerstätten, 563.719

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