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A comparative morphological analysis of all known members of the Lower-Middle Cambrian genus Kutorgina, one of the brachiopod genera with a carbonate shell that are oldest and richest in species. The evolution of the genus is discussed, and the borders between the Kutorgina species are emended. A new species, Kutorgina elanica sp. nov., is described.
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Original Russian Text © Ya.E. Malakhovskaya, 2013, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2013, No. 1, pp. 11–23.
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Malakhovskaya, Y.E. Morphogenesis and evolution of Kutorgina Billings, 1861 (Brachiopoda, Kutorginida). Paleontol. J. 47, 11–22 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113010073
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