Early–middle Cambrian stratigraphy and faunas from northern Siberia

A Kouchinsky, R Alexander, S Bengtson… - Acta …, 2022 - research.ed.ac.uk
Hadimopanella knappologica, Archaeopetasus typicus, and first descriptions of
Hadimopanella foveata Kouchinsky sp. nov. and Archaeopetasus pachybasalis Kouchinsky …

Deep origin of the crossed‐lamellar microstructure in early Cambrian molluscs

L Li, CB Skovsted, TP Topper - Palaeontology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aragonitic crossed‐lamellar (CL) is one of the most commonly formed and extensively
studied molluscan shell microstructures, yet its origin and early evolution within the Mollusca …

In-place operculum demonstrates that the Middle Cambrian Protowenella is a hyolith and not a mollusc

JS Peel - Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Protowenella is an early–middle Cambrian, isostrophically coiled, calcareous microfossil
originally described from the middle Cambrian (Miaolingian) of Australia; it has been …

[HTML][HTML] Soft part preservation in hyolithids from the lower Cambrian (Stage 4) Guanshan Biota of South China and its implications

F Liu, CB Skovsted, TP Topper, ZF Zhang - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hyoliths, known globally from the Cambrian to the Permian are generally recognized as
early lophotrochozoan animals of uncertain phylogenetic position. The calcareous …

Fibrous or prismatic? A comparison of the lamello-fibrillar nacre in early Cambrian and modern lophotrochozoans

L Li, MJ Betts, H Yun, B Pan, TP Topper, G Li, X Zhang… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The current understanding of the origin and rapid diversification of
biomineralized skeletal animals and their environmental interactions during the Cambrian …

Hyolithid-like hyoliths without helens from the early Cambrian of South China, and their implications for the evolution of hyoliths

F Liu, CB Skovsted, TP Topper, Z Zhang - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Background A small hyolith, with a triangular operculum and a conical-pyramidal conch with
a sharp apex, originally documented as Ambrolinevitus ventricosus, is revised based on …

New insight into the soft anatomy and shell microstructures of early Cambrian orthothecids (Hyolitha)

L Li, CB Skovsted, H Yun… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Hyoliths (hyolithids and orthothecids) were one of the most successful early biomineralizing
lophotrochozoans and were a key component of the Cambrian evolutionary fauna. However …

Morphological disparity and evolutionary patterns of Cambrian hyoliths

F Liu, TP Topper, LC Strotz, Y Liang, Y Hu… - Papers in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hyolitha represent one of the major constituents of the Cambrian Evolutionary Fauna, first
appearing in the Terreneuvian and rapidly diversifying soon after. Recent work has both …

Phosphatized Epiphyton from the terminal Neoproterozoic and its significance

X Min, H Hua, L Liu, B Sun, Z Cui, T Jiang - Precambrian Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The fossil record of calcified cyanobacteria in the Precambrian is scarce, especially for
fossils with dichotomous filaments. Epiphyton, which have complex branching structures like …

A fresh look at the Hyolithid Doliutheca from the Early Cambrian (Stage 4) Shipai Formation of the Three Gorges Area, Hubei, South China

F Liu, CB Skovsted, TP Topper, Z Zhang - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Doliutheca orientalis is revised from the Shipai Formation (early Cambrian
Stage 4) of the Three Gorges area, South China. Specimens are preserved as casts in silty …