• DOI:10.2110/palo.2009.p09-079r
Corpus ID: 129360547

EARLY MOLLUSCAN EVOLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM THE TRACE FOSSIL RECORD

@inproceedings{Seilacher2010EARLYME,
  title={EARLY MOLLUSCAN EVOLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM THE TRACE FOSSIL RECORD},
  author={A. Seilacher and J. W. Hagadorn},
  year={2010}
}

A. Seilacher, J. W. Hagadorn

Published 2010

Geology

Abstract Trace fossils extend the history of early molluscan evolution because they have a higher preservation potential in siliciclastic strata, where body fossils are rare or absent, and also because they better record the activities of soft-bodied animals. The earliest mollusks are recorded by fan-shaped scratch arrays associated with death masks of the Ediacaran animal Kimberella. Cambrian traces––Climactichnites, Musculopodus, Radulichnus––and fecal pellets record giant, but shell-less… CONTINUE READING

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