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Thomacystis, a unique new hemicosmitid cystoid from Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. R. C. Paul
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Indiana University, Northwest Campus, 3400 Broadway, Gary, Indiana 46408.

Summary

Although Thomacystis is clearly a hemicosmitid cystoid, it cannot be included within existing families, and the new family Thomacystidae is therefore proposed to accommodate it.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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