Earliest known ophiuroids from high palaeolatitude, southern Gondwana, recovered from the Pragian to earliest Emsian Baviaanskloof Formation (Table Mountain Group, Cape Supergroup) South Africa

Caitlin Reddy; Ben Thuy; Mhairi Reid; Robert Gess

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292636

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Earliest known ophiuroids from high palaeolatitude, southern Gondwana, recovered from the Pragian to earliest Emsian Baviaanskloof Formation (Table Mountain Group, Cape Supergroup) South Africa

Caitlin Reddy ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: caitlinpreanthareddy@gmail.com

Affiliation Geology Department, Rhodes University, Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0493-4102

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Ben Thuy,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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Mhairi Reid,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Robert Gess

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Geology Department, Rhodes University, Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa, Albany Museum Makhanda/Grahamstown, Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa
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Earliest known ophiuroids from high palaeolatitude, southern Gondwana, recovered from the Pragian to earliest Emsian Baviaanskloof Formation (Table Mountain Group, Cape Supergroup) South Africa

Caitlin Reddy,
Ben Thuy,
Mhairi Reid,
Robert Gess

Published: October 25, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292636

About the Authors

Caitlin Reddy

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: caitlinpreanthareddy@gmail.com

Affiliation Geology Department, Rhodes University, Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0493-4102

Ben Thuy

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Mhairi Reid

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Robert Gess

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Geology Department, Rhodes University, Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa, Albany Museum Makhanda/Grahamstown, Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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