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Trachyplax arctica, a new multiplated problematic fossil from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland

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Larsson C. M., Peel J. S., Hogstrom A. E. S.

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

2009

tom 54

nr 3

513-523

A new scleritome−bearing organism with eight sclerite types, Trachyplax arctica gen. et sp. nov., is described from the lower Cambrian Paralledal Formation of North Greenland. The originally calcareous sclerites are now silicified; no microstructures are preserved. The dominant sclerite type (A; maximum dimension 19.3 mm) is bilaterally symmetrical, strongly arched, with an oval shield showing co−marginal growth lines and a projecting rostrum with prominent radial ornamentation. A similar sclerite morphology can be identified in Silurian–Carboniferous multiplacophoran molluscs but the remaining sclerite types, which also display a combination of concentric and radial ornamentation, find no clear equivalents. Two models for scleritome reconstruction are presented, based on the relative abundance of the sclerites, but neither promotes a satisfactory assignment to a higher taxon. Despite the morphological dissimilarities, possibly reflecting the age discrepancy, reference to the Multiplacophora is most attractive and entails a substantial extension of the known geological range of that group.

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1 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

1 Hogstrom A. E. S.

1 Larsson C. M.

1 Peel J. S.

1 2009

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Trachyplax arctica, a new multiplated problematic fossil from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland