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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Niche expansion of archaeocyaths during their palaeogeographic migration: Evidence from the Chengjiang Biota

A Yang, C Luo, J Han, AY Zhuravlev, J Reitner… - Palaeogeography …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Archaeocyaths were among the iconic metazoans of the early Cambrian seas and
dominated the earliest Phanerozoic reef system before their dramatic decline toward the end …

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 …

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 …

Exceptionally preserved hyolithids from the middle Cambrian of North China

H Sun, Z Sun, F Zhao - Geological Magazine, 2021‏ - cambridge.org
Hyoliths are extinct enigmatic organisms of early lophotrochozoan affinity known globally
from the Palaeozoic Era and were especially diverse and abundant in the Cambrian Period …

Ecological novelty at the start of the Cambrian and Ordovician radiations of echinoderms

PM Novack‐Gottshall, J Purcell, A Sultan… - …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cambrian and Ordovician radiations marked the origins of all major
echinoderm clades and established their Phanerozoic ecological blueprint. Recent claims of …