Mesozoic, volume 1, issue 4, pages 506-513
Rotularia (Annelida: Sabellida: Serpulidae) attached to the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
YUAN-YUAN ZHANG
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Diying Huang
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State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2024-12-23
Abstract
Rotularia Defrance is a common extinct genus of planispirally coiled fossil polychaete worms in the family Serpulidae from shallow marine environment. Here, we describe a large collection of Rotularia specimens attached to mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The fossil record of Rotularia serves as a valuable tool for calibrating polychaete evolution and suggests that the Burmese amber forest was likely situated not far from the seashore.
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