%0 Journal Article
%A Muir, Lucy A.
%A Gutiérrez Marco, Juan Carlos
%T A new species of the problematic organism Webbyites from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota of Morocco
%D 2023
%@ 1736-4728
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/87737
%X The problematic colonial organism Webbyites has previously been considered to be a hydroid (phylum Cnidaria). In this paper, we describe a new species, Webbyites felix sp. nov., from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Konservat-Lagerstätte of Morocco. One specimen preserves some soft-tissue zooid remains. The presence of a stolon system in the new species and the type species indicates that Webbyites is a benthic graptolite. Webbyites lacks bithecae; thus, it is not a dendroid graptolite.
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