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Odontogriphus serial tooth-row sample

A 189-specimen sample reveals repeated tooth rows, a broad foot and mantle-groove structures.

Represented range508–505 Ma
RegionsBurgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada
CladesMolluscan origin dossier route · Odontogriphus omalus

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morphology · medium

The 189-specimen Odontogriphus sample repeatedly preserves paired transverse tooth rows on a membrane with posterior replacement, together with a broad foot and mantle-groove structures; calling this apparatus a molluscan radula is strongly argued but remains a homology interpretation.

claim:event:odontogriphus-radula-sample

References

  1. A soft-bodied mollusc with radula from the Middle Cambrian Burgess ShaleCaron, J.-B.; Scheltema, A.; Schander, C.; Rudkin, D. · 2006 · DOI 10.1038/nature04894
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