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From: Roveacrinids (Crinoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous of Texas: ontogeny, phylogeny, functional morphology and lifestyle

Fig. 14

Cups of Roveacrinus alatus Douglas (d, p, t) and Roveacrinus spinosus Peck (a–c, e–o, q–s). Del Rio Formation (lower Cenomanian), Dottie Lynn Locality, Fort Worth, Texas. a Lateral view of smallest cup, M11706. b Lateral view of cup with prominent radial flanges, M11700. c Aboral view of broken cup showing partition with central opening and smaller radial openings at periphery, M11702. d Aboral view of cup of R. alatus, M11708. e Lateral view of cup with prominent radial flanges and bulbous aboral part, M11723. f Adoral-lateral view of cup with equal radial processes, M11711. g Adoral-lateral view of cup with unequal, broad radial processes; M11712. h Adoral view of cup with only two narrow radial processes, M11714. i Adoral view of cup with equal, broad radial processes; M11710. j. Lateral view of cup with short processes and irregular radial flanges, M11701. k Lateral view of cup well-developed radial processes and flanges reaching beyond bulbous aboral apex, M11704. l Lateral view of cup with irregular, short processes and moderately produced radial flanges, M11727. m Lateral view of cup with duckbill-shaped radial processes, M11713. n Part of cup with strongly bent concave process and wide articular facet, M11709. o Adoral-lateral view of cup with single radial process, M11703. p Adoral view of cup of R. alatus with unequal radial extensions, articular facets badly preserved; M11705. q Lateral view of cup with prominent radial extensions and flanges, one high interradial process; M11715. r Lateral view of cup with widely extended processes and flanges, M11716. s Cup with one wide and strong radial process, M11699. t Lateral view of cup of R. alatus with thin radial flanges supported by lateral wing; M11707

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