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Hyolith guts in the Cambrian of northern Australia -turning hyolithomorphs upside down
Authors:PETER D KRUSE
Abstract:A single specimen of the early Middle Cambrian (Ordian) orthothecimorph hyolith Gudugu-wan hardmani with preserved gut filling has been discovered in the Montejinni Limestone, Wiso Basin, northern Australia. This represents only the eighth such occurrence worldwide. The specimen is unique among orthothecimorphs in retaining the gut filling in combination with the external mould of the operculum and invites revision of the accepted soft-part recon struction in this group, whereby the opercular lateral processes are now recognized to be ventral. Thus orthothecimorph conchs, if horizontal in life, would have been oriented ventral side down, while hyolithomorphs adopted the reverse orientation: horizontal, ventral side up.
Keywords:Hyolitha  Orthothecimorpha  Hyolithomorpha  Guduguwan  soft parts  autecology  Cambrian  Montejinni Limestone  Gum Ridge Formation  Wiso Basin  Northern Territory  Australia
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