Kurzfassung
Goryunovia hemiseptata n.gen. n.sp. ist eine außergewöhnliche cyclostome Bryozoe aus der mittleren Volkov-Stufe (Arenig) des Leningrader Oblast, von welcher bis jetzt nur eine einzige Kolonie bekannt ist. Die inkrustierende uniserielle Kolonie besteht aus langen, schmalen Zooiden, von denen viele dicht gepackte Trennwände (Hemisepta) aufweisen und zeigt ein typisches trichotomes Verzweigungsmuster. Die Organisation des Skelettes ist vergleichbar mit derjenigen der Sagenellidae: Es scheinen kalzifizierte Innenwände vorhanden zu sein; die Pseudoporen der externen Frontalwände fehlen. Da weder Details der Mikrostruktur, noch die Astogenese bekannt sind, ist eine Interpretation der phylogenetischen Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen solange schwierig zu beurteilen, bis neues Material vorhanden ist. Es bestehen Ähnlichkeiten mit den rätselhaften Hederelliden, welche im Silur auftreten und möglicherweise bis in die Trias hineinreichen.
Abstract
Goryunovia hemiseptata n.gen. n.sp. is an unusual Lower Ordovician cyclostome bryozoan, represented by a single colony from the Middle Volkhov Stage (Arenig) of the Leningrad Oblast. The encrusting uniserial colony consists of large, slender zooids, many with closely-spaced partial diaphragms (hemisepta), and has a distinctive trichotomous branching pattern. Skeletal organization is of the sagenellid grade: calcified interior walls appear to be present, and the exterior frontal walls lack pseudopores. As details of microstructure and early astogeny are unknown, it is difficult to interpret the phylogenetic relationships ofGoryunovia until further material is forthcoming. However, there is some resemblance with the enigmatic hederellids, which appear in the Upper Silurian and possibly range into the Triassic.
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Taylor, P.D., Rozhnov, S. A new early cyclostome bryozoan from the Lower Ordovician (Volkhov Stage) of Russia. Paläont. Z. 70, 171–180 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988275
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