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The spondylium and related structures in the clitambonitidine brachiopods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Olev Vinn  and
Madis Rubel
Olev Vinn
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, Tartu 50090, Estonia
Madis Rubel
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, Tartu 50090, Estonia
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Abstract

Development of the ventral muscle field has been studied in 12 genera of clitambonitidine brachiopods: Eremotoechia, Clitambonites, Vellamo, Pahlenella, Lacunarites, Oslogonites, Gonambonites, Estlandia, Anchigonites, Kullervo, Antigonambonites, and Raunites. The last two have a pseudospondylium instead of spondylium, which links them to polytoechiids. The spondylium of the studied genera is not derived from convergent dental plates, but develops from the free plate in the early phase of morphogenesis. The early growth stages of spondylium triplex and simplex are identical. The hypothetical ancestor of clitambonitidines with spondylium was presumably a protorthid-like brachiopod probably of the mid-Cambrian age. On the contrary, polytoechiids, as well as Antigonambonites and Raunites, may have been derived from a late Cambrian billingsellid with dental plates. The polyphyly of clitambonitidines follows from development of their ventral muscle field.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , May 2000 , pp. 439 - 443
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 2000

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