Shallow-marine testate amoebae with internal structures from the Lower Devonian of China

Summary: Testate amoebae, a polyphyletic protist group inhabiting a wide variety of extant ecosystems, have evolved as far back as early Neoproterozoic. However, their fossil record is discontinuous and biased toward empty shells. Here, we report an arcellinid testate amoeba species, Cangwuella ampu...

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Main Authors: Kai Wang, Hong-He Xu, Bing-Cai Liu, Jiao Bai, Yao Wang, Peng Tang, Jian-Feng Lu, Yi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223007551