- Tytuł:
- A probable oligochaete from an Early Triassic Lagerstatte of the southern Cis-Urals and its evolutionary implications
- Autorzy:
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Shcherbakov, D.E.
Timm, T.
Tzetlin, A.B.
Vinn, O.
Zhuravlev, A.Y. - Tematy:
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Annelida
Clitellata
Oligochaeta
Mesozoic
Lagerstätte
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- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2082181.pdf Link otwiera się w nowym oknie
- Opis:
- Oligochaetes, despite their important role in terrestrial ecosystems and a tremendous biomass, are extremely rare fossils. The palaeontological record of these worms is restricted to some cocoons, presumable trace fossils and a few body fossils the most convincing of which are discovered in Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata. The Olenekian (Lower Triassic) siliciclastic lacustrine Petropavlovka Lagerstätte of the southern Cis-Urals yields a number of extraordinary freshwater fossils including an annelid. The segmented body with a secondary annulation of this fossil, a subtriangular prostomium, a relatively thick layered body wall and, possibly, the presence of a genital region point to its oligochaete affinities. Other fossil worms which have been ascribed to clitellates are reviewed and, with a tentative exception of two Pennsylvanian finds, affinities of any pre-Mesozoic forms to clitellate annelids are rejected. The new fossil worm allows tracing of a persuasive oligochaete record to the lowermost Mesozoic and confirms a plausibility of the origin of this annelid group in freshwater conditions.
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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