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ArticleBMC ecology and evolution2022

Hyolithid-like hyoliths without helens from the early Cambrian of South China, and their implications for the evolution of hyoliths.

Fan Liu, Christian B Skovsted, Timothy P Topper, Zhifei Zhang

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Fan LiuState Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2689-6816
Christian B SkovstedState Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7366-7680
Timothy P TopperState Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6720-7418
Zhifei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environments and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China. elizf@nwu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0325-5116

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Abstract

backgroundA small hyolith, with a triangular operculum and a conical-pyramidal conch with a sharp apex, originally documented as Ambrolinevitus ventricosus, is revised based on new material from the Chengjiang biota. The operculum of 'Ambrolinevitus' ventricosus displays strong morphological similarities with the operculum of Paramicrocornus from the Shuijingtuo Formation (Cambrian Series 2), indicating that the species should be reassigned to Paramicrocornus.

resultsBased on the unusual morphology of Paramicrocornus, we herein propose a new family Paramicrocornidae fam. nov. A cladistic analysis of Cambrian and Ordovician hyoliths clearly delineates hyolithids as a monophyletic group which evolved from the paraphyletic orthothecids in the early Cambrian and with Paramicrocornidae as its closest relative.

conclusionsThe phylogenetic analysis, together with the distribution of hyoliths from the Cambrian to the Ordovician, reveals the presumptive evolution model of both the skeleton and soft-part anatomy of hyoliths. The Family Paramicrocornidae plays an intermediate role in hyolith evolution, representing the transitional stage in the evolution from orthothecids to hyolithids.

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BiotaFossilsChinaPhylogenySkeletonCambrianEvolutionHyolithaPhylogenyThe Chengjiang biota

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