Ediacaran Corumbella has a cataphract calcareous skeleton with controlled biomineralization

Ediacaran Corumbella has a cataphract calcareous skeleton with controlled biomineralization

Summary: Corumbella is a terminal Ediacaran tubular, benthic fossil of debated morphology, composition, and biological affinity. Here, we show that Corumbella had a biomineralized skeleton, with a bilayered construction of imbricated calcareous plates and rings (sclerites) yielding a cataphract orga...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Ladeira Osés, Rachel Wood, Guilherme Raffaeli Romero, Gustavo Marcondes Evangelista Martins Prado, Pidassa Bidola, Julia Herzen, Franz Pfeiffer, Sérgio Nascimento Stampar, Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:iScience
Subjects:
Biological sciences
evolutionary biology
evolutionary processes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222019484

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