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Morphology, taxonomic position, and stratigraphic distribution of the early Cambrian skeletal problematics Mobergella radiolata Bengtson, 1968

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Morphology of the phosphatic sclerites of the species Mobergella radiolata that come from the Lower Cambrian sections is studied, and the stratigraphic distribution of the species is revised. The sclerite laminated microstructure of this species is described and is shown to be similar to that of some gastropods, bivalves, brachiopods, bryozoans, and corals. The species M. hexactina Skovsted, 2003 and M. sibirica Skovsted, 2003 are shown to be junior synonyms of M. radiolata based on sclerite morphology supported by the results of statistical analysis.

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Original Russian Text © Yu.E. Demidenko, 2016, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, No. 5, pp. 10–22.

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Demidenko, Y.E. Morphology, taxonomic position, and stratigraphic distribution of the early Cambrian skeletal problematics Mobergella radiolata Bengtson, 1968. Paleontol. J. 50, 435–449 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103011605004X

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