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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Z-F
dc.contributor.authorLi, G-X
dc.contributor.authorHolmer, LE
dc.contributor.authorBrock, GA
dc.contributor.authorBalthasar, U
dc.contributor.authorSkovsted, CB
dc.contributor.authorFu, D-J
dc.contributor.authorZhang, X-L
dc.contributor.authorWang, H-Z
dc.contributor.authorButler, A
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Z-L
dc.contributor.authorCao, C-Q
dc.contributor.authorHan, J
dc.contributor.authorLiu, J-N
dc.contributor.authorShu, D-G
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T08:16:50Z
dc.date.available2019-06-27T08:16:50Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-15
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.other4682
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14470
dc.description.abstract

The morphological disparity of lophotrochozoan phyla makes it difficult to predict the morphology of the last common ancestor. Only fossils of stem groups can help discover the morphological transitions that occurred along the roots of these phyla. Here, we describe a tubular fossil Yuganotheca elegans gen. et sp. nov. from the Cambrian (Stage 3) Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Yunnan, China) that exhibits an unusual combination of phoronid, brachiopod and tommotiid (Cambrian problematica) characters, notably a pair of agglutinated valves, enclosing a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, supported by a lower bipartite tubular attachment structure with a long pedicle with coelomic space. The terminal bulb of the pedicle provided anchorage in soft sediment. The discovery has important implications for the early evolution of lophotrochozoans, suggesting rooting of brachiopods into the sessile lophotrochozoans and the origination of their bivalved bauplan preceding the biomineralization of shell valves in crown brachiopods.

dc.format.extent4682-
dc.format.mediumElectronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBiological Evolution
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectFossils
dc.subjectInvertebrates
dc.subjectPhylogeny
dc.titleAn early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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plymouth.issue1
plymouth.volume4
plymouth.publication-statusPublished online
plymouth.journalScientific Reports
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/srep04682
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plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2014-03-18
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322
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