PALAIOS supplementary material

<b>Fig. 6_high res .tif </b>- a high resolution image of the fossil bed, able to zoom in for more details. <br><b>Stylophorans .jpg </b>- Virtual reconstruction of the Karbonaatjies obrution bed shows over 145 articulated <i>Paranacystis</i> cf. <i>petrii </i>Caster, 1954 (green) and eight <i>Placocystella africana</i> (Reed, 1925) (red).<br><b>Ophiuroid arm fragments.jpg </b>- Virtual reconstruction of the Karbonaatjies obrution bed shows over 634 fragmented/ isolated arms that are complete or near complete. Arms are distributed randomly throughout the bed and occasionally in dense aggregations.<br><b>Additional figures.docx </b>- Associated fossiliferous beds, shell specimens in the lower part of the Karbonaatjies obrution bed, ophiuroid with broken arm next to disk. <br><b>Movie 1</b> - 3D movie <b>Movie 2 - </b>3D movie a sample<b>Movie 3 - </b>slice<b> i</b>mage stack of a sample. <b>Movie 4</b> - 3D movie of an Individual ophiuroid <br><br>