An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters

Z. F. Zhang; G. X. Li; L. E. Holmer; G. A. Brock; U. Balthasar; C. B. Skovsted; D. J. Fu; X. L. Zhang; H. Z. Wang; A. Butler; Z. L. Zhang; C. Q. Cao; J. Han; J. N. Liu; D. G. Shu

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An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters

Z. F. Zhang, G. X. Li, L. E. Holmer, G. A. Brock, U. Balthasar, C. B. Skovsted, D. J. Fu, X. L. Zhang, H. Z. Wang, A. Butler, Z. L. Zhang, C. Q. Cao, J. Han, J. N. Liu, D. G. Shu

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The morphological disparity of lophotrochozoan phyla makes it difficult to predict the morphology of the last common ancestor. Only fossils of stem groups can help discover the morphological transitions that occurred along the roots of these phyla. Here, we describe a tubular fossil Yuganotheca elegans gen. et sp. nov. from the Cambrian (Stage 3) Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Yunnan, China) that exhibits an unusual combination of phoronid, brachiopod and tommotiid (Cambrian problematica) characters, notably a pair of agglutinated valves, enclosing a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, supported by a lower bipartite tubular attachment structure with a long pedicle with coelomic space. The terminal bulb of the pedicle provided anchorage in soft sediment. The discovery has important implications for the early evolution of lophotrochozoans, suggesting rooting of brachiopods into the sessile lophotrochozoans and the origination of their bivalved bauplan preceding the biomineralization of shell valves in crown brachiopods.

Original language	English
Article number	4682
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	7
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04682 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04682
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2014

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Copyright the Author(s). First published in Scientific reports, volume 4, article 4682. The original publication is available at http://doi.org/10.1038/srep04682. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

Erratum can be found at Scientific Reports volume 4 article 5502, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05502

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anatomy and histology
animal
China
evolution
fossil
invertebrate
phylogeny
physiology, Animals
Biological Evolution
Fossils
Invertebrates
Phylogeny

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Zhang, Z. F., Li, G. X., Holmer, L. E., Brock, G. A., Balthasar, U., Skovsted, C. B., Fu, D. J., Zhang, X. L., Wang, H. Z., Butler, A., Zhang, Z. L., Cao, C. Q., Han, J., Liu, J. N., & Shu, D. G. (2014). An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters. Scientific Reports, 4, 1-8. Article 4682. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04682, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04682

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An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters

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