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Rotularia (Annelida: Sabellida: Serpulidae) attached to the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Year: 2024

Type: article

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.

Source: Mesozoic

DOI: 10.11646/mesozoic.1.4.8

Authors: YUAN-YUAN ZHANG, DI-YING HUANG

Institutions: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy

Language: English

Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China

Awards: G3131937783, G3286007719, G6662579363