Brachiopods: origin and early history

DAT Harper, LE Popov, LE Holmer - Palaeontology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite many major advances in recent years, three key challenges remain in bringing
clarity to the early history of the phylum:(1) identifying the origin, morphology and life modes …

The Cambrian brachiopod fauna from the first-trilobite age Shuijingtuo Formation in the Three Gorges area of China

ZF Zhang, ZL Zhang, GX Li, LE Holmer - Palaeoworld, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yangtze platform of South China offers evidence within its Ediacaran–
Cambrian geological record of the Cambrian explosion and diversification events in …

Origin of dolomite of the lower cambrian longwangmiao formation, eastern sichuan basin, China

Y Ren, D Zhong, C Gao, H Sun, H Peng… - Carbonates and …, 2019 - Springer
Combined elemental and isotopic geochemistry of dolomites in the lower Cambrian
Longwangmiao Formation, eastern Sichuan Basin with petrographic observations has been …

First Report of Small Skeletal Fossils from the Upper Guojiaba Formation (Series 2, Cambrian), Southern Shaanxi, South China

M Luo, F Liu, Y Liang, LC Strotz, J Wang, Y Hu, B Song… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Small skeletal fossils are reported for the first time from the early Cambrian
Guojiaba Formation, southern Shaanxi, China. All specimens were recovered from bioclastic …

The oldest 'Lingulellotreta' (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from China and its phylogenetic significance: integrating new material from the Cambrian Stage 3–4 Lagerstätten …

Z Zhang, LE Holmer, Y Liang, Y Chen… - Journal of Systematic …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The origin of Cambrian brachiopods and their phylogenetic relationship with other
lophotrochozoans is far from clear. Lingulellotretidae, the oldest family of lingulate …

Early Cambrian organophosphatic brachiopods from the Xinji Formation, at Shuiyu section, Shanxi Province, North China

B Pan, CB Skovsted, GA Brock, TP Topper, LE Holmer… - Palaeoworld, 2020 - Elsevier
Abundant and diverse small shelly fossils have been reported from Cambrian Series 2 in
North China, but the co-occurring brachiopods are still poorly known. Herein, we describe …

Early Cambrian (Stage 4) brachiopods from the Shipai Formation in the Three Gorges area of South China

X Duan, MJ Betts, LE Holmer, Y Chen, F Liu… - Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Diverse and abundant fossil taxa have been described in the lower Cambrian Shipai
Formation in the Three Gorges area of Hubei Province, South China, but the taxonomy and …

New probable cnidarian fossils from the lower Cambrian of the Three Gorges area, South China, and their ecological implications

S Chang, S Clausen, L Zhang, Q Feng… - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lower Cambrian assemblages of phosphatic and chitinous tubular fossils of probable
cnidarian affinities were recovered from the Yanjiahe, Shuijingtuo and Shipai formations in …

[HTML][HTML] Late Ediacaran cavity-dwelling filamentous microorganisms accommodated in a valve-like organism from the uppermost Dengying Formation in eastern …

R Fang, Y Liang, Y Chen, F Liu, H Hua, LE Holmer… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition, one of the major turning points in Earth's
history, is characterized by an epoch-making change in biosphere. In South China, the late …

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 …