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Oymurania

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Oymurania
Temporal range: Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Stem group: Brachiopoda
Informal group: Tommotiids
Informal group: Tannuolinids (?)
Genus: Oymurania
Kouchinsky et al. 2014[1]

Oymurania is an organophosphatic Cambrian small shelly fossil interpreted as a stem-group Brachiopod. It consists of a pair of Micrina-like shells that broadly follow a logarithmic coiling trajectory with a high rate of expansion.[1]

Microstructure

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Its shell comprises an inner prismatic layer, with hexagonal prisms that run through the full depth of the layer, and an outer layer that contains an acrotretid-like microstructure of surface-parallel laminae punctuated by pore-bearing rod-like columns.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kouchinsky, Artem; Holmer, Lars; Ushatinskaya, Galina; Steiner, Michael (2014). "The new stem-group brachiopod Oymurania from the lower Cambrian of Siberia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00037.2013. ISSN 0567-7920.
  2. ^ Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 62 (1): 39–43, 2017 https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00320.2016