Anabaritid

Anabaritid; Temporal range: (Possible Ediacarian Record*)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Family:	†Anabaritidae; Missarzhevsky, 1974
Genera
	Aculeochrea; Anabarites; Cambrotubulus; Mariochrea; Selindeochrea; Lobiochrea(?); Tiksitheca;

The anabaritids or angustiochreids are enigmatic tubular, mineralizing organisms with a trifold symmetry (i.e., clover shape) known from their Lower Cambrian fossils. They may have represented cnidaria, but their affinity within the Metazoa is difficult to constrain.¹

Systematics

After Kouchinsky et al. (2009):¹

Aculeochrea Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970
- A. ornata Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970
- A. rugosa (Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)
Anabarites Missarzhevsky in Voronova & Missarzhevsky, 1969
- A. biplicatus (Missarzhevsky, 1989)
- A. compositus Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969
- A. convexus (Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)
- A. dalirense Devaere et al., 2021²
- A. hariolus (Vasil'eva, 1987)
- A. hexasulcatus (Missarzhevsky, 1974)
- A. korobovi (Missarzhevsky in Rozanov & Missarzhevsky, 1966)
- A. latus (Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)
- ?A. licis (Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969)
- A. missarzhevskyi (Vasil'eva, 1986)
- A. modestus Bokova, 1985
- ?A. natellus (Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)
- A. rectus Vasil'eva in Rudavskaya & Vasil'eva, 1984
- A. ternarius Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969
- A. tripartitus Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969
- A. tristichuus Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969
- A. trisulcatus Missarzhevsky in Voronova & Missarzhevsky, 1969
- A. valkovi (Bokova in Bokova & Vasil'eva, 1990)
- ?A. volutus (Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969)
Cambrotubulus Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969
- C. decurvatus Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969
Mariochrea Val'kov, 1982
- M. sinuosa Val'kov, 1982
Selindeochrea Val'kov, 1982
- S. tecta Val'kov, 1982
- S. tricarinata (Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969)

References

Kouchinsky, A.; Bengtson, S.; Feng, W.; Kutygin, R.; Val'kov, A. (2009). "The Lower Cambrian fossil anabaritids: Affinities, occurrences and systematics". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 7 (3): 241. doi:10.1017/S1477201909002715. S2CID 140636579.
Devaere, L.; Korn, D.; Ghaderi, A.; Struck, U.; Bavandpur, A. K. (2021). "New and revised small shelly fossil record from the lower Cambrian of northern Iran". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (4): 2141–2181. Bibcode:2021PPal....7.2141D. doi:10.1002/spp2.1391.

[Kouchinskyetal2009-1] Kouchinsky, A.; Bengtson, S.; Feng, W.; Kutygin, R.; Val'kov, A. (2009). "The Lower Cambrian fossil anabaritids: Affinities, occurrences and systematics". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 7 (3): 241. doi:10.1017/S1477201909002715. S2CID 140636579.

[2] Devaere, L.; Korn, D.; Ghaderi, A.; Struck, U.; Bavandpur, A. K. (2021). "New and revised small shelly fossil record from the lower Cambrian of northern Iran". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (4): 2141–2181. Bibcode:2021PPal....7.2141D. doi:10.1002/spp2.1391.

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