A new species of aphroditiform polychaete, Protopholoe colombiana, is described from the Coniacian of Colombia, South America, increasing the number of species of this genus known from the fossil record to two. This is the first occurrence of fossil soft-bodied polychaetes in the Tropical Americas, and indicates that aphroditiforms were spread worldwide during the Mesozoic.
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1 March 2015
A new fossil bristle worm (Annelida: Polychaeta: Aphroditiformia) from the late Cretaceous of tropical America
Javier Luque,
Stéphane Hourdez,
Olev Vinn
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Journal of Paleontology
Vol. 89 • No. 2
March 2015
Vol. 89 • No. 2
March 2015