Cnidarian-like embryos associated with the first shelly fossils in Siberia

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 609-612

  Kouchinsky, Artem ^a   Bengtson, Stefan ^b   Gershwin, Lisa Ann ^c  

^a Historical Geology and Palaeontology ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CNIDARIA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LOWER CAMBRIANS; SHELLY FOSSILS; SIBERIA; YAKUTIA;

GEOLOGY;

EMBRYO; FOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; SHELL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

METAZOA;

EID: 0032694929     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0609:CLEAWT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Bate, R. H., 1972, Phosphatized ostracods with appendages from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: Palaeontology, v. 15, p. 379-393.
2. Bengtson, S., 1976, The structure of some Middle Cambrian conodonts, and the early evolution of conodont structure and function: Lethaia, v. 9, p. 185-206.
3. Bengtson, S., and Yue Z., 1997, Fossilized metazoan embryos from the earliest Cambrian: Science, v. 277, p. 1645-1648.
4. Bengtson, S., Conway Morris, S., Cooper, B. J., Jell, P. A., and Runnegar, B. N., 1990, Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia: Association of Australasian Palaeontologists Memoirs, v. 9, 364 p.
5. Browne, E. T., 1901, Variation in Aurelia aurita: Biometrika. v. 1, p. 90-108.
6. Burkenroad, M. D., 1931, A new pentamerous Hydromedusa from the Tonugas: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Biological Bulletin, v. 61, p. 115-119.
7. Conway Morris, S., 1998, Eggs and embryos from the Cambrian: BioEssays, v. 20, p. 676-682.
8. Conway Morris, S., and Chen, M., 1989, Lower Cambrian anabaritids from South China: Geological Magazine, v. 126, p. 615-632.
9. Conway Morris, S., and Chen, M., 1992, Carinachitiids, hexangulaconularids, and Puncrtatus: Problematic metazoans from the Early Cambrian of South China: Journal of Paleontology, v. 66, p. 384-405.
10. Fedonkin, M. A., 1986, Precambrian problematic animals: Their body plan and phylogeny, in Hoffman, A., and Nitecki, M. H., eds., Problematic fossil taxa: New York, Oxford University Press, p. 59-67.
11. Gershwin, L.-A., 1999, Clonal and population variation in jellyfish symmetry: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Journal (in press).
12. Glaessner, M. F., 1976, Early Phanerozoic annelid worms and their geological and biological significance: Geological Society of London Journal, v. 132, p. 259-275.
13. Hargitt, C. W., 1901, Variation among Hydromedusae: Biological Bulletin, v. 2, p. 221-251.
14. Hargitt, C. W., 1905, Variations among scyphomedusae: Journal of Experimental Zoology, v. 2, p. 547-582.
15. Li, C.-W., Chen, J.-Y., and Hua, T.-E., 1998, Precambrian sponges with cellular structures: Science, v. 279, p. 879-882.
16. Martin, V., 1997, Cnidiarians, the jellyfish and hydras, in Gilbert, S. F., and Raunio, A. M., eds., Embryology. Constructing the organism: Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer, p. 57-86.
17. Mayer, A. G., 1901, The variations of a newly-arisen species of medusa: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Museum Science Bulletin, v. 1, p. 1-27.
18. Missarzhevsky, V. V., 1974, Novye dannye o drevnejshikh okamenelostyakh rannego kembriya Sibirskoj Platformy [New data on the oldest Lower Cambrian fossils of the Siberian Platform], in Zhuravleva, I. T., and Rozanov, A., Yu., eds., Biostratigrafiya i paleontologiya nizhnego kembriya Evropy i severnoj Azii: Moscow, Nauka, p. 179-189.
19. Pilger, J. F., 1997, Sipunculans and echiurans, in Gilbert, S. F., and Raunio, A. M., eds., Embryology: Constructing the organism: Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer, p. 167-188.
20. Romanes, G. J., 1877, An account of some new species, varieties, and monstrous forms of medusae. II: Linnean Society Zoological Journal, v. 13, p. 190-194.
21. Rosén, S., 1919, Über einige neue Problematica in einem fossilführenden Kalkstein aus dem nordschwedischen Hochgebirge: Uppsala University Geological Institutions Bulletin, v. 16, p. 159-168.
22. Swedmark, B., and Teissier, G., 1966, The Actinulida and their evolutionary significance, in Rees, W. J., ed., The Cnidaria and their evolution, Volume 16: Symposia of the Zoological Society of London: London, Academic Press, p. 119-133.
23. Tardent, P., 1978, Coelenterata, Cnidaria, in Seidel, F., ed., Morphogenese der Tiere, Volume Lieferung 1:A-1: Jena, Fischer, p. 71-415.
24. Val'kov, A. K., 1975, Biostratigrafiya i khiolity kembriya severo-vostoka Sibirskoj platformy: Moscow, Nauka, 139 p.
25. Val'kov, A. K., 1982, Biostratigrafiya nizhnego kembriya vostoka Sibirskoj platformy: Moscow, Nauka, 91 p.
26. Val'kov, A. K., 1987, Biostratigrafiya nizhnego kembriya vostoka Sibirskoj Platformy (Yud.-Ol. region): Moscow, Nauka, 136 p.
27. Voronova, L. G., and Missarzhevsky, V. V., 1969, Nakhodki vodoroslej i trubok chervej v pogranichnykh sloyakh kembriya i dokembriya na severe Sibirskoj platformy [Finds of algae and worm tubes in the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds in the northern part of the Siberian Platform]: Akademiya Nauk SSSR Doklady, v. 184, p. 207-210.
28. Vyver, G. V. D., 1968, Étude du développement embryonnaire des hydraires athécates (gymnoblastiques) à gonophores. II. Formes à actinulas: Archives de Biologie, v. 79, p. 327-363.
29. Xiao, S., Zhang, Y, and Knoll, A., 1998, Three-dimensional preservation of algae and animal embryos in a Neoproterozoic phosphorite: Nature, v. 391, p. 553-558.
30. Yang, X., He, Y., and Deng, S., 1983, On the Sinian-Cambrian boundary and the small shelly fossil assemblages in Nanjiang area, Sichuan: Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Bulletin, v. 1983, p. 91-110 (in Chinese.)
31. Yue, Z., and Bengtson, S., 1999, Embryonic and post-embryonic development of the Early Cambrian scyphozoan Olivooides: Lethaia, v. 32 (in press).
32. Zhang, X.-G., and Pratt, B., 1994, Middle Cambrian arthropod embryos with blastomeres: Science, v. 266, p. 637-639.