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Early Cambrian Palaeoscolecidan Sclerites from the Western Limb of the Chekurovka Anticline (Siberian Platform)

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A new locality for Lower Cambrian palaeoscolecidan sclerites is described in a section of the western limb of the Chekurovka Anticline. The first finds of palaeoscolecids from the Upper Atdabanian are represented by several sclerites of Wronascolex lubovae (Ivantsov et Wrona, 2004). The Botomian-Toyonian interval is characterized by numerous sclerites of the genus Hadimopanella Gedik, 1977. One species, Hadimopanella luchininae sp. nov., is described as new. Previously known species are illustrated.

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We are grateful to the members of the staff of Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk) I.V. Korovnikov for the supplied rock material and T.V. Gonta for the assistance in imaging.

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Novozhilova, N.V. Early Cambrian Palaeoscolecidan Sclerites from the Western Limb of the Chekurovka Anticline (Siberian Platform). Paleontol. J. 56, 147–153 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030122020095

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