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New Research Article published in OPal 🔬 The largest fossil tanaidacean is not a tanaidacean – Cretitanais giganteus (Malzahn, 1979) is a junior synonym of Urda stemmerbergensis (Malzahn, 1968) By Mario Schädel www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...

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New Research Article published in OPal 🔬 Tip dating supports a Middle Ordovician origin for total-group chondrichthyans and a rapid radiation of acanthodian-grade taxa By Lorenzo Emanuele Morra  www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...

New Research Article published in OPal 🔬 Respiratory structures in cornute stylophorans (Echinodermata) By Christophe Dupichaud, Bertrand Lefebvre, Ninon Allaire, Enzo Birolini, Malo Meyruey, and Martina Nohejlová www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...

New Hypothetical published in OPal💡 Reconstruction of CO2 levels in the Late Devonian - Mississippian on the basis of decoupling of C-isotope composition of conodont elements and host carbonates By Andrey Zhuravleva www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...

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Decay experiments on shrimps provide insight into the fossilization potential of arthropod appendages Nora Corthésy, Gaëtan J.-M. Potin, et al. www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...

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