Vologdinella

Vologdinella
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:incertae sedis
Family:†Vologdinellidae
Balashov in Ruzhentsev, 1962
Genus:†Vologdinella
Balashov in Ruzhentsev, 1962
Species: †V. antiqua
Binomial name
Vologdinella antiqua
(Vologdin, 1931)
Synonyms

†Orthoceras? antiquus Vologdin, 1931

Vologdinella is a genus of Middle Cambrian[2] fossils that, while historically aligned to the cephalopods (family Volborthellidae), has since been removed from this group,[1] It contains a single species, Vologdinella antiqua, which was originally described by A. G. Vologdin from the Chinguiz Mountains in Kazakhstan and was made the type species of Vologdinella by Z. G. Balashov in 1962. The organism bears superficial resemblance to Agmata such as Volborthella and Salterella, but Yochelson & Kisselev (2003) considered it to be not related to them.[3]

See also

  • Olenecoceras – another genus named by Balashov, also was formerly believed to be a cephalopod

References

  1. 1 2 Barskov, I. S.; Boiko, M. S.; Konovalova, V. A.; Leonova, T. B.; Nikolaeva, S. V. (2008). "Cephalopods in the marine ecosystems of the Paleozoic". Paleontological Journal. 42 (11): 1167. doi:10.1134/S0031030108110014.
  2. ↑ Dzik, J. (1981). "Origin of the cephalopoda" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 26 (2): 161–191.
  3. ↑ Yochelson, Ellis L.; Kisselev, Gennadii N. (2003). "Early Cambrian Salterella and Volborthella (Phylum Agmata) re‐evaluated". Lethaia. 36 (1): 8–20. doi:10.1080/00241160310001254.


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