<i>Rhabdopleura compacta</i> (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

<i>Rhabdopleura compacta</i>

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This is a Rhabdopleura compacta zooid. A new study identifies rhabdopleurids as an ancestor of more elaborate species that have since died off.

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Dr. Atsuko Sato, University of Oxford

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