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A new species Crinisarina merriami Baranov et al., sp. nov. is described from the Upper Famennian (Khoshyeilagh Formation) of Siaheh Mountain in northeastern Iran. Its ontogeny is considered. The species composition of the genus Crinisarina Cooper and Dutro, 1982 has been expanded.
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The research of Valeryi Baranov was carried out under the State DPMGI SB RAS programme and funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. We express our deep gratitude to G.A. Afanas’eva and G.T. Ushatinskaya for reviewing our article.
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Baranov, V.V., Nasiri, Y., Sharifi, J. et al. The First Finding of a Representative of the Genus Crinisarina Cooper and Dutro, 1982 (Athyridida) in the Late Famennian of Northeastern Iran. Paleontol. J. 57, 744–753 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103012307002X
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