Morphology and ontogeny of some Middle Ordovician gonambonitid brachiopods from Baltoscandia
DOI | 10.4202/app.00488.2018 |
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Aasta | 2018 |
Ajakiri | Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |
Köide | 63 |
Number | 3 |
Leheküljed | 585-594 |
Tüüp | artikkel ajakirjas |
Keel | inglise |
Id | 8161 |
Abstrakt
The Volkhovian–Kunda boundary deposits of the Leningrad Region contain two closely related genera, Antigonambonites and Anchigonites. The latter genus was previously known only by valve moulds; here its shell exterior and interior, and ontogeny are described in detail based on the collection of well-preserved disarticulated valves of Anchigonites conulus. Antigonambonites and Anchigonites share similar developmental and morphological features, and ecological strategies including the attachment by cementation by a “pedicle tube” and are thus possibly phylogenetically related. A new diagnosis for the genus Anchigonites and description of A. conulus are provided; other species of Anchigonites are briefly revised. The moulds of outer epithelial cells are described for the first time for the class Strophomenata.