Development of eodiscinid trilobites

T Dai, X Zhang - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A comprehensive review of a full developmental sequence of eodiscinid
trilobites reported in recent decades from Cambrian Series 2 and 3 strata is presented …

Drifting with trilobites: the invasion of early post-embryonic trilobite stages to the pelagic realm

L Laibl, F Saleh, F Pérez-Peris - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ordovician Radiation shaped Paleozoic marine ecosystems and led to an
increase in the biodiversity of marine organisms. The onset of the Plankton Revolution in the …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructure and chancelloriid sclerites within a microbial buildup of the Wirrealpa Limestone (Cambrian Stage 4), South Australia

H Yun, X Zhang, J Reitner - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Well-preserved, distinctive columnar microbialites were discovered in the Wirrealpa
Limestone (Stage 4, Series 2 of Cambrian) of South Australia. However, further studies are …

Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia

RDC Bicknell, PM Smith - The Science of Nature, 2021 - Springer
Documentation of malformed trilobites has presented invaluable insight into the
palaeobiology of a wholly extinct euarthropod group. Although the northern hemisphere …

Trilobite hypostome as a fusion of anterior sclerite and labrum

TYS Park - Arthropod Structure & Development, 2023 - Elsevier
The trilobite hypostome is a biomineralized ventral plate that covers the mouth, but its
evolutionary origin remains controversial. The labrum is a lobe-like structure that can take on …

Contrasting patterns of disparity suggest differing constraints on the evolution of trilobite cephalic structures during the Cambrian 'explosion'

JD Holmes - Palaeontology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trilobites are an abundant group of Palaeozoic marine euarthropods that appear abruptly in
the fossil record c. 521 million years ago. Quantifying the development of morphological …

The quest for an Australian Cambrian stage scale

JR Laurie, PD Kruse, GA Brock, JD Holmes… - Alcheringa: An …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The chronostratigraphical scale is a hierarchical scheme that is subdivided into increasingly
smaller units, from eonothem down to the level of the substage and beyond. Boundaries of …

Quantified growth and possible heterochronic development of two corynexochid trilobites from the middle Cambrian (Miaolingian Series, Wuliuan Stage) Mount Cap …

NM Handkamer, BR Pratt - Journal of Paleontology, 2024 - cambridge.org
The ontogeny of two species of corynexochid trilobites from the middle Cambrian Mount Cap
Formation of the eastern Mackenzie Mountains, northern Canada, is documented. Sahtuia …

Developmental traits and life strategy of redlichiid trilobites

T Dai, X Zhang, S Peng - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The developmental mode of four redlichiid trilobites is summarized, based upon
exceptionally well‐preserved, articulated specimens from Cambrian Series 2 (stages 3 and …