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COMPARISON OF
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WITH OTHER
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The likely position of
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within the Metazoa is discussed below, but there are other problematical taxa, notably
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FEEDF93BE6D2F906" box="[343,480,1667,1688]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">Tentaculites</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF10874FE4EF93BE5F5F906" author="Schlotheim EF" box="[500,711,1667,1689]" pageId="11" pageNumber="692" refId="ref14184" refString="Schlotheim EF, von 1820. Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetzigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Uberreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt erlautert. Gotha. 15 pls." type="book" year="1820">Schlotheim, 1820</bibRefCitation>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FF18F91AE63EF929" box="[162,268,1698,1719]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">Cloudina</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF10874FEACF91AE699F929" author="Germs GJB" box="[278,427,1698,1719]" pageId="11" pageNumber="692" pagination="752 - 761" refId="ref13350" refString="Germs GJB. 1972. New shelly fossils from the Nama Group, South West Africa. American Journal of Science 272: 752 - 761." type="journal article" year="1972">Germs, 1972</bibRefCitation>
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, with which it shares distinct similarities.
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erected
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FDD9F978E5DEF94B" box="[611,748,1728,1749]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">Tentaculites</emphasis>
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to include a different group of annulated, conical, calcareous shells from the Palaeozoic and described two species,
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.
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and
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.
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. As with
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FD29F8A4E616F8CE" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">Cornulites serpularius</emphasis>
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, the specimens figured by
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cannot be traced (
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), but based on the original illustrations the two genera are morphologically similar. Like
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FB80F91AE382F929" box="[1082,1200,1698,1719]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">Cornulites</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FB04F91AE275F929" box="[1214,1351,1698,1719]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">Tentaculites</emphasis>
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is radially symmetrical about its long axis, but the shell is more slender, with a narrower aperture, rarely shows any sinuosity, and normally lacks obvious longitudinal ornamentation. However, having suggested that
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FC80F883E482F8CE" box="[826,944,1851,1872]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">Cornulites</emphasis>
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might be most closely related to annelids,
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interpreted
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as a crinoid appendage. Subsequent assessments of the biological affinities of
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have been varied (for a summary see
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): whilst some authors (e.g.
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, b, 1873;
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) have followed Schlotheim in regarding
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF60873FDD7FAE9E5C4FAF8" box="[621,758,1361,1382]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="693">Tentaculites</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF60873FF7BFAD7E605FA1A" box="[193,311,1391,1412]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="693">Cornulites</emphasis>
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as belonging to separate phyla, others (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FF79FA36E6B1FA3A" author="Murchison RI" box="[195,387,1422,1444]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" refId="ref13767" refString="Murchison RI. 1859. Siluria. The history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains, with a brief sketch of the distribution of gold over the Earth, 3 rd edn. London: John Murray, 41 pls." type="journal volume" year="1859">Murchison, 1859</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FE35FA36E53BFA3D" author="Vine GR" box="[399,521,1422,1444]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" pagination="377 - 393" refId="ref14333" refString="Vine GR. 1882. Notes on the Annelida Tubicola of the Wenlock Shales, from the washings of Mr. George Maw, F. G. S. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 38: 377 - 393, 1 pl." type="journal article" year="1882">Vine, 1882</bibRefCitation>
; Bouček, 1964;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FD03FA36E7F5FA5C" author="Dzik J" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" pagination="121 - 131" refId="ref13089" refString="Dzik J. 1991. Possible solitary bryozoan ancestors from the Early Palaeozoic and the affinities of the Tentaculita. In: Bigey FP, Hondt J-L d', eds. Bryozoaires actuels et fossiles: Bryozoa living and fossil. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, Memoire hors serie 1: 121 - 131." type="journal article" year="1991">Dzik, 1991</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FF63FA15E622FA5D" author="Dzik J" box="[217,272,1453,1475]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" pagination="339 - 386" refId="ref13152" refString="Dzik J. 1993. Early metazoan evolution and the meaning of its fossil record. Evolutionary Biology 27: 339 - 386." type="journal article" year="1993">1993</bibRefCitation>
) have argued that the two genera are closely related. Indeed, Bouček (1964) erected the Order
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as a constituent group of his Class
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, a classification followed by Vinn (2005).
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF00875FF34F9ECE7C4F9F9" bold="true" box="[142,246,1620,1639]" pageId="10" pageNumber="691">Figure 4.</emphasis>
AC, E, shell wall structures in apical region of
<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF00875FD53F9EBE305F9F9" bold="true" box="[745,1079,1619,1639]" pageId="10" pageNumber="691">
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF00875FD53F9EBE4EEF9F8" bold="true" box="[745,988,1619,1638]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="691">Cornulites cellulosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2275793FFF00875FC58F9ECE305F9F9" box="[994,1079,1620,1639]" pageId="10" pageNumber="691" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, BU 4371. A, longitudinal section showing undulating and straight lamellae (lam) and tabula (tab), aperture towards top, ×25. B, longitudinal section showing tabulae (tab) and camerae (cam), aperture towards top, ×25. C, transverse section showing concentric lamellae, shell interior to top right, ×25. E,
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF00875FEE6F914E6F9F920" box="[348,459,1708,1726]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="691">Trypanites</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
boring in BU 4378, longitudinal section, aperture towards right, ×6. D, FM, development of cellulae in
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF00875FDBFF971E56AF942" bold="true" box="[517,600,1737,1756]" pageId="10" pageNumber="691">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
D, BU 4371, longitudinal section through annulation in mid-region of shell, showing overgrowth of apertural groove (ag) by undulating lamellae (lam), with single cellula (cel) present, ×25. F, BU 4371, transverse section through shell wall, showing concentric lamellae (lam) and cellulae (cel); shell interior to top left, ×25. G L, BU 4378, development of cellulae seen in longitudinal sections through annulations from mid- (G) to apertural (L) shell regions; GJ, ×18, K and L, ×20. M, BU 4378, longitudinal section through apertural region of shell, showing development of cellulae into zones separated by thin lamellar bands, ×35. Arrows indicate direction of aperture in longitudinal sections.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF10874FF18FA0CE539F9C4" blockId="11.[162,1442,1459,1627]" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">
<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FF18FA0CE638FA56" bold="true" box="[162,266,1460,1480]" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Shell structures in
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF10874FD5FFA0DE40AFA56" bold="true" box="[741,824,1461,1480]" pageId="11" pageNumber="692">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
AC, BU 4371, pseudopuncta. A, transverse view, ×45, B, longitudinal view, ×45. C, ESEM image of transverse section (scale bar = 20 µm), shell interior towards top in all images. D, BU 4371, ESEM image of transverse section across mid-region shell wall, showing bipartite structure within lamellae, scale bar = 10 µm. E, BMNH A455, transverse section across apertural region showing concentric lamellae and apertural groove filled with cellulae, ×4. F, G, BMNH A459. F, transverse section close to aperture, ×3.25. G, close-up of concentric lamellae, separated by zones of cellulae, ×4.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF60873FF34FB92E5AEFB0B" blockId="12.[142,1421,1065,1173]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693">
<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF60873FF34FB92E7C4FBA3" bold="true" box="[142,246,1066,1085]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Shell structures in
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF60873FD7CFB92E42AFBA3" bold="true" box="[710,792,1066,1085]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
A, B, BU 4378, ×60. Longitudinal section through apertural version of shell showing continuity between lamellae (lam) in the shell wall and partitions bounding cellulae (cel): selected lamellae are highlighted in B, ag indicates the apertural groove. The pattern of overlap in the lamellae shows that growth occurred in the direction indicated by the arrows.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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As with cornulitids, the earliest growth stages of the tentaculitid shell are very rarely preserved (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FD28F9FEE7E7F9E5" author="Larsson K" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" pagination="1 - 180" refId="ref13724" refString="Larsson K. 1979 b. Silurian tentaculitids from Gotland and Scania. Fossils and Strata 11: 1 - 180." type="journal article" year="1979">Larsson, 1979b</bibRefCitation>
), but the shell structures of some tentaculitids show a number of similarities to
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF60873FDAFF93BE5B9F906" box="[533,651,1667,1688]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="693">Cornulites</emphasis>
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, particularly towards the shell apex. Most prominent are the transverse shell layers that, in many tentaculitids, divide the apical region into distinct chambers, or camerae (see
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: fig. 12). These are similar in arrangement to cornulitid tabulae and camerae, although the transverse layers do not continue up the interior shell surface to form lamellae. Instead, they taper distally, and the shell wall is formed of separate lamellae, unconnected to the transverse layers, producing a bipartite division of primary (outer) and secondary (inner) layers (Bouček, 1964;
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).
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FC9CFAE9E337FAF9" author="Larsson K" box="[806,1029,1361,1383]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" pagination="1 - 180" refId="ref13724" refString="Larsson K. 1979 b. Silurian tentaculitids from Gotland and Scania. Fossils and Strata 11: 1 - 180." type="journal article" year="1979">Larsson (1979b: 27)</bibRefCitation>
noted also that tentaculitid lamellae were not persistent along or around the conch, making them unlike the continuous lamellae of cornulitids. However, he did show that the lamellar part of the conch contained pseudopuncta orientated perpendicular to the surface of the wall. The phylogenetic position of tentaculitids is unresolved but, based on similarities in shell microstructure,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FB4DF990E2BCF9A0" author="Towe KM" box="[1271,1422,1576,1598]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" pagination="626 - 628" refId="ref14313" refString="Towe KM. 1978. Tentaculites: evidence for a brachiopod affinity? Science 201: 626 - 628." type="journal article" year="1978">Towe (1978)</bibRefCitation>
raised the possibility that they were most closely related either to the brachiopods or their sister group, the phoronids.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FC65F93CE3FDF907" author="Larsson K" box="[991,1231,1667,1689]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" pagination="1 - 180" refId="ref13724" refString="Larsson K. 1979 b. Silurian tentaculitids from Gotland and Scania. Fossils and Strata 11: 1 - 180." type="journal article" year="1979">Larsson (1979b: 59)</bibRefCitation>
suggested that tentaculitids were perhaps more closely related to phoronids, but noted that the lophophorate feeding system of phoronids was incompatible with the planktonic mode of life proposed for some tentaculitids. Vinn (2005) and
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF60873FC4FF8A5E232F8AD" author="Vinn O &amp; Mutvei H" box="[1013,1280,1821,1843]" pageId="12" pageNumber="693" pagination="726 - 737" refId="ref14426" refString="Vinn O, Mutvei H. 2005. Observations on the morphology and affinities of cornulitids from the Ordovician of Anticosti Island and the Silurian of Gotland. Journal of Paleontology 79: 726 - 737." type="journal article" year="2005">Vinn &amp; Mutvei (2005)</bibRefCitation>
have interpreted cornulitids and tentaculitids as closely related groups of probable lophophorates but, as discussed below, comparable morphologies and shell structures are found also in cnidarians. Further work is required to resolve both the affinities of
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FE46FEB9E5B7FE88" box="[508,645,257,278]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">Tentaculites</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and its systematic relationship to
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FE0BFEA7E515FEAA" box="[433,551,287,308]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">Cornulites</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF01FE86E438FE0F" blockId="13.[162,778,195,616]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">
<taxonomicName id="4C604D79FFF70872FF01FE86E617FECD" authorityName="Germs" authorityYear="1972" box="[187,293,318,339]" class="Polychaeta" genus="Cloudina" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="694" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FF01FE86E617FECD" box="[187,293,318,339]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">Cloudina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a genus of tubular, calcareous fossils found in rocks of Ediacaran age. The first detailed study of the shell structure of
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FDAAFEC3E548FE0E" box="[528,634,379,400]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">Cloudina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was that of
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18FE22E438FDB5" blockId="13.[162,778,195,616]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF70872FF18FE22E60BFE2E" author="Grant SWF" box="[162,313,410,432]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694" pagination="261 - 294" refId="ref13419" refString="Grant SWF. 1990. Shell structure and distribution of Cloudina, a potential index fossil for the terminal Proterozoic. American Journal of Science 290 A: 261 - 294." type="journal article" year="1990">Grant (1990)</bibRefCitation>
, who described a cone-in-cone structure of stacked tubes, a layer of calcium carbonate having been deposited over the entire surface at each growth stage, and the presence of vacuities between the layers both apically and aperturally (see
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF70872FD95FDADE58EFDB4" author="Grant SWF" box="[559,700,533,554]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694" pagination="261 - 294" refId="ref13419" refString="Grant SWF. 1990. Shell structure and distribution of Cloudina, a potential index fossil for the terminal Proterozoic. American Journal of Science 290 A: 261 - 294." type="journal article" year="1990">Grant, 1990</bibRefCitation>
: figs 5,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18FD8CE43BFBD1" blockId="13.[162,778,195,616]" lastBlockId="13.[162,779,1054,1191]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">7, 9). He described also that each new tubular cone of calcium carbonate was deposited eccentrically within sections through shell wall, showing lamellar structure</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FF18FBA6E638FBAF" bold="true" box="[162,266,1054,1073]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">Figure 7.</emphasis>
A, B, BU 4387,
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FE68FBA6E545FBAF" box="[466,631,1054,1073]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">C. scalariformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, longitudinal
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18FBE1E439FB17" blockId="13.[162,779,1054,1191]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">(lam) separated by occasional cellulae (cel), aperture towards top in both images. A, shell interior to right, ×20.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18FB2CE6FAFB39" blockId="13.[162,779,1054,1191]" box="[162,456,1170,1191]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">B, shell interior to left, ×23.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FF18FB4BE638FA98" bold="true" box="[162,266,1267,1286]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">Figure 8.</emphasis>
Schematic reconstruction of
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FDE1FB4BE5FAFA98" box="[603,712,1267,1286]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">Cornulites</emphasis>
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shell
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18FAA9E438FABA" blockId="13.[162,778,1267,1903]" box="[162,778,1297,1316]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">
morphology, based on shell structures seen in
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF70872FD33FAA9E438FABA" box="[649,778,1297,1316]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">C. cellulosus</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18FA96E438FA6F" blockId="13.[162,778,1267,1903]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">(approximately × 5). Transverse annulations (ann) are visible externally; cutaway sections show major aspects of internal morphology. Narrow apical end of shell possesses tabulae (tab) internally (upper surface of most apertural tabula shaded black; more apical tabulae shown only in section). Shell wall in apical region composed of internally straight, but externally undulating, lamellae (lam).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18FA43E438F9B2" blockId="13.[162,778,1267,1903]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">Towards aperture, convex-inwards cellulae (cel) become abundant outside inner lamellar layer; in vertical section,</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18F98EE438F9D7" blockId="13.[162,778,1267,1903]" box="[162,778,1590,1609]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">cellulae are convex-upwards and bounded by well-</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18F9EBE43BF8AA" blockId="13.[162,778,1267,1903]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">separated undulating lamellae. In this orientation, the undulating lamellae form a shell wall of outwardly and downwardly dipping zones. Towards aperture, cellulae are arranged in crescentic transverse arcs, indicating an eccentricity to the cone-in-cone growth pattern. In upper cutaway, pale grey shading represents inner surface of outermost shell layer; medium grey indicates inner surface of whole skeleton with faint transverse annulations visible</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF70872FF18F886E62FF8F0" blockId="13.[162,778,1267,1903]" pageId="13" pageNumber="694">(broken lines). Apertural region has prominent apertural groove (ag).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36FAFFF40871FF34FF7BE6ABFDD7" blockId="14.[142,758,195,585]" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">
earlier layers, and stated that he was unaware of any Cambrian or younger fossils that share features of the
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF40871FF34FEB9E7CAFE88" box="[142,248,257,278]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">Cloudina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shell structure (
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). However, although simpler and lacking such features as pseudopuncta and cellulae, the overall pattern of shell growth and structure in
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF40871FE0FFEE5E52DFEEC" box="[437,543,349,370]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">Cloudina</emphasis>
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is very similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF40871FF65FEC3E667FE0E" box="[223,341,379,400]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">Cornulites</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In particular, the placement of each layer eccentrically within earlier layers gives
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF40871FD13FE22E781FE50" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">Cloudina</emphasis>
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a transverse section view similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF40871FD7CFE01E661FE72" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">Cornulites cellulosus</emphasis>
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(compare
<figureCitation id="135B2A7FFFF40871FE75FE6FE52CFE73" box="[463,542,471,493]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="11.[162,240,1460,1479]" captionTargetBox="[162,1442,197,1428]" captionTargetId="figure-268@11.[162,1442,197,1428]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 5. Shell structures in Cornulites cellulosus sp. nov. AC, BU 4371, pseudopuncta. A, transverse view, ×45, B, longitudinal view, ×45. C, ESEM image of transverse section (scale bar = 20 µm), shell interior towards top in all images. D, BU 4371, ESEM image of transverse section across mid-region shell wall, showing bipartite structure within lamellae, scale bar = 10 µm. E, BMNH A455, transverse section across apertural region showing concentric lamellae and apertural groove filled with cellulae, ×4. F, G, BMNH A459. F, transverse section close to aperture, ×3.25. G, close-up of concentric lamellae, separated by zones of cellulae, ×4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5430996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5430996/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">Fig. 5F</figureCitation>
with
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B0BFFF40871FDDEFE6FE5C0FE72" author="Grant SWF" box="[612,754,471,492]" pageId="14" pageNumber="695" pagination="261 - 294" refId="ref13419" refString="Grant SWF. 1990. Shell structure and distribution of Cloudina, a potential index fossil for the terminal Proterozoic. American Journal of Science 290 A: 261 - 294." type="journal article" year="1990">Grant, 1990</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 5E). It is possible therefore that the more complex skeleton of
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF40871FE92FDADE6ACFDB4" box="[296,414,533,554]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">Cornulites</emphasis>
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developed from that of a
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<emphasis id="B914EAE8FFF40871FF34FD8BE7CAFDD6" box="[142,248,563,584]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="695">Cloudina</emphasis>
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-like ancestor.
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