List of small shelly fossil taxa
This is a list of small shelly fossils of prehistoric marine animals, ordered by their type.
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Whole-organism[edit]
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Monoplacophoran-like[edit]
Scleritome elements[edit]
Elements of a scleritome, resembling Halkieria:[clarification needed]
Probable palaeoscolecid worm sclerites:
Tomotiid-like sclerites:
Conical[edit]
Problematic cones:
Probable Lobopodian sclerites:
Net-like[edit]
Sponge spicule-like[edit]
Tubular[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Inline citations[edit]
- ^ Brasier, M. & Antcliffe, J. (20 August 2004). "Decoding the Ediacaran Enigma". Science. 305 (5687): 1115–1117. doi:10.1126/science.1102673. PMID 15326344. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Bengtson, S. (2004). Lipps, J.H.; Waggoner, B.M. (eds.). "Early skeletal fossils" (PDF). Neoproterozoic- Cambrian Biological Revolutions. Paleontological Society Papers. 10: 67–78. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Porter, S.M. (April 2004). "Closing the Phosphatization Window: Testing for the Influence of Taphonomic Megabias on the Pattern of Small Shelly Fossil Decline" (PDF). PALAIOS. 19 (2): 178–183. doi:10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0178:CTPWTF>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ Dzik, J. (1994). "Evolution of 'small shelly fossils' assemblages of the early Paleozoic". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 39 (3): 27–313. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ^ "The Tommotian Age". Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ Cowen, R. (2000). History of Life (3rd ed.). Blackwell Science. p. 63. ISBN 0-632-04444-6.
- ^ Hou, X-G; Aldridge, R.J.; Bengstrom, J.; Siveter, D.J. & Feng, X-H (2004). The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China. Blackwell Science. p. 233.
Resources referenced[edit]
- A further list available in Li, G.; Steiner, M.; Zhu, X.; Yang, A.; Wang, H.; Erdtmann, B. D. (2007). "Early Cambrian metazoan fossil record of South China: Generic diversity and radiation patterns". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 254 (1–2): 229–249. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.017.
- More in Steiner, M.; Li, G.; Qian, Y.; Zhu, M. (2004). "Lower Cambrian Small Shelly Fossils of northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi (China), and their biostratigraphic importance". Geobios. 37 (2): 259. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.08.001.