期刊
ESTONIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
卷 64, 期 1, 页码 99-104出版社
ESTONIAN ACADEMY PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2015.18
关键词
Cambrian; helcionellid; Mollusca; Mackinnonia; Australia; shell microstructure; biomineralization
资金
- Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship from the European Commission [IIF 301668]
Mackinnonia davidi from the Cambrian (Series 2) of Australia has a prismatic outer shell layer and, as newly described here, a calcitic semi-nacre inner layer. The pattern is the same as in stenothecids such as Mellopegma, providing more evidence for a strong phylogenetic signal in the shell microstructure of Cambrian molluscs. In addition, calcite now appears to have been common in helcionellids and other molluscs during the early and middle Cambrian, with many species exhibiting foliated calcite. This is surprising given the dominance of aragonite in molluscs, both modern and from post-Cambrian fossil deposits with exceptional shell microstructure preservation, including localities from the Ordovician of the Cincinnati region, USA.
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