Paleozoic origins of cheilostome bryozoans and their parental care inferred by a new genome-skimmed phylogeny

RJS Orr, E Di Martino, MH Ramsfjell, DP Gordon… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Phylogenetic relationships and the timing of evolutionary events are essential for
understanding evolution on longer time scales. Cheilostome bryozoans are a group of …

[HTML][HTML] The oldest Cambrian trilobite–brachiopod association in South China

Z Zhang, MG Pour, LE Popov, LE Holmer, F Chen… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Limestones of the Xihaoping Member of the Dengying Formation in the Xiaoyangba
section, South China, yield the oldest known Cambrian brachiopod–trilobite association. In …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and evolutionary growth of biomineralized columns in early Cambrian phosphatic-shelled brachiopods

Z Zhang, Z Zhang, LE Holmer, TP Topper, B Pan, G Li - eLife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Biologically controlled mineral crystals producing organic-inorganic composites (hard
skeletons) by metazoan biomineralizers has been an evolutionary innovation for more than …

Go large or go conical: allometric trajectory of an early Cambrian acrotretide brachiopod

Z Zhang, TP Topper, Y Chen, LC Strotz, F Chen… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Acrotretides are extinct micromorphic brachiopods that exhibited considerable
morphological variation during their rapid evolution in the early Palaeozoic. The plano …

Rewriting the Cambrian biogeography of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt using combined faunal cluster, zircon age and C isotope analysis

M Steiner, SV Hohl, B Yang… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt is complex and little understood in its geotectonic
history. Here, we apply a new approach to conclude on the paleogeography of major …

The siphonotretide brachiopod Schizambon from the Early Ordovician of South China: ontogeny and affinity

H Jahangir, Z Zhang, LE Popov… - Papers in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Schizambon is one of the earliest and most distinctive genera in the Order Siphonotretida.
However, current knowledge of siphonotretide phylogeny and early evolution requires …

The First Report of the Acrotretoid Brachiopod Hadrotreta from the Tsinghsutung Formation Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 4), Guizhou, South China

B Wei, Y Wang, X Yang, W Wu - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A number of well-preserved fossils of Hadrotreta were found in the
Tsinghsutung Formation of Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4 in Jianhe, Guizhou, south China by …

Evolution and diversity of biomineralized columnar architecture in early Cambrian phosphatic-shelled brachiopods

Z Zhang, Z Zhang, L Holmer, TP Topper, B Pan, G Li - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Biologically-controlled mineralization producing organic-inorganic composites (hard
skeletons) by metazoan biomineralizers has been an evolutionary innovation since the …

[PDF][PDF] 华南寒武纪碳酸盐岩中最早腕足动物的辐射, 发育与分布

张志亮, 陈飞扬, 张志飞 - 地学前缘(中国地质大学(北京), 2020 - researchgate.net
腕足动物是寒武纪冠轮动物分支的重要类群, 在寒武纪大爆发期间海洋底栖动物群落结构构建中
发挥着重要作用. 研究表明华南最早的腕足动物出现在寒武系第二统. 通过大量酸蚀处理和系统 …