First occurrence of a new Ocruranus-like helcionelloid mollusc from the lower Cambrian of East Gondwana

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• 作者：Christian B. Skovsted^a ; ^b ; ^{Christian.Skovsted@nrm.se} ; Glenn A. Brock^c ; ^{glenn.brock@mq.edu.au} ; Timothy P. Topper^c ; ^d ; ^{timothy.topper@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Emargimantus ; Helcionelloida ; Ocruranus ; Lower Cambrian ; Gondwana
• 刊名：Gondwana Research
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：3_1342937X
• 类别：ear
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：22
• 期：1
• 页码：256-261
• 文件大小：766 K

摘要

A new cap-shaped mollusc, Emargimantus angulatus gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Arrowie Basin of South Australia. The new species is closely comparable to mollusc species from South China and North-East Greenland previously described under the generic name Ocruranus Liu, a genus recently reinterpreted as a multiplated, possibly polyplacophoran mollusc. Emargimantus is interpreted as a univalved helcionelloid mollusc and differs from Ocruranus in both morphology and function. E. angulatus represents the first discovery of Ocruranus-like helcionelloids in the lower Cambrian of eastern Gondwana and demonstrates that these molluscs had a global distribution during the early Cambrian.