The earliest endosymbiotic tubeworms have been discovered within skeletons of the tabulate coral Heliolites sp. from the Silurian (Ludlow) of Podolia, Ukraine. The new tubeworm species has a maximum diameter about 1 mm, a slightly conical tube, a smooth lumen in the tube and a lamellar wall structure. The tube wall is 0.05–0.10 mm thick. The new endosymbiotic tubeworm Coralloconchus bragensis n. gen. and sp. shares zoological affinities with the tentaculitids (incertae sedis) and is assigned to the Family Cornulitidae (Tentaculita, Cornulitida).
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1 March 2008
The Earliest Endosymbiotic Mineralized Tubeworms from the Silurian of Podolia, Ukraine
Olev Vinn,
Mari-Ann Mõtus
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Journal of Paleontology
Vol. 82 • No. 2
March 2008
Vol. 82 • No. 2
March 2008