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The morphology and evolution of the internal framework, primary inner sphere, and various spines of radiolarian skeletons are considered. A new scheme of successive stages of spine formation is offered. The convergent similarity of radiolarian spines and sponge spicules are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © M.S. Afanasieva, 2007, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2007, No. 1, pp. 3–14.
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Afanasieva, M.S. Radiolarian skeleton: Morphology of spines, internal framework, and primary sphere. Paleontol. J. 41, 1–14 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030107010017
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