The Burges Shale animal Oesia is not a chaetognath: A reply to Szaniawski [2005]

• Autorzy: Morris S C
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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The Middle Cambrian Oesia disjuncta, a monospecific genus, is known only from the celebrated Burgess Shale of British Columbia. It has been re−interpreted by Szaniawski (Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50:1–8; 2005) as a chaetognath, a distinctive phylum whose exact position in the protostomes is still controversial. Unequivocal chaetognaths, that have no similarity to Oesia, are already known to occur in the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Lower Cambrian, S.W. China), and here I describe the first example of a chaetognath from the Burgess Shale itself. Comparisons between Oesia and chaetognaths fail to find any significant homologies. Whilst the phyletic position of Oesia is very uncertain, a place in the hemichordates may be worth exploring.

Słowa kluczowe

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discussion; paleontology; Middle Cambrian; Burges Shale; Oesia disjuncta; chaetognath

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: 54
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.175-179,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Morris S C

• University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.

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