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Revision of D. pentaradiatus group from Sun, 30/12/2007 - 00:10

Mon, 14/01/2008 - 12:37 — Jeremy Young
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Discoaster pentaradiatus group

This is an informal grouping for symmetric 5-rayed discoasters. These species probably do not form a clade but are a characteristic component of Late Miocene and Pliocene assemblages, including several important marker species.

Range: NN9 to NN17 

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