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Fungiform organisms from the Early Cambrian of the Northern Tien Shan

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Microfossils described as a new genus, Palaeorhiphidium gen. nov., have been discovered from red jaspers of the Lower Cambrian Karakatta Formation in the Karakatta Range, Kyrgyzstan. The microfossils are excellently preserved, allowing their interpretation as remains of fungiform organisms.

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  1. Institute of Diamond and Precious Metals Geology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lenina 39, Yakutsk, 677891, Russia

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Original Russian Text © P.N. Kolosov, 2013, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2013, No. 5, pp. 89–93.

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Kolosov, P.N. Fungiform organisms from the Early Cambrian of the Northern Tien Shan. Paleontol. J. 47, 549–553 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113050080

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