Abstract:New Middle Ordovician pentaradiate diploporites from the southern Central Iberian Zone, Spain, show that Oretanocalix is an aristocystitid with fi ve ambulacra; all other aristocystitid genera have 2-4 ambulacra. The oral frame is composed of eight plates, with fi ve, facet-bearing, circumorals (COO) and three, non-facet-bearing, periorals (POO). This necessitates a new interpretation of the aristocystitid oral area. Previous interpretations assumed four COO and four POO. Weathered examples lack oral cover pla… Show more
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