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First soft-bodied fossil from the Ordovician of Peru |
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| Authors: | Diego C. García-Bellido César A. Chacaltana |
| Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Paleontología , Instituto de Geología Económica (CSIC-UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas , José Antonio Novais 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain Diego.GBC@geo.ucm.es;3. INGEMMET, Avenida Canadá 1470 , San Borja, Lima, 41, Peru E-mail: chacalt@ingemmet.gob.pe |
| Abstract: | Konservat-Lagerstätten are a source of insurmountable information on the diversity of fossil assemblages during the lower Palaeozoic. Soft-bodied fossils are especially rare in South America, but a new locality has been discovered from the Middle Ordovician of Peru that has produced the fairly well-preserved possible palaeoscolecidan Juninscolex ingemmetianum gen. et sp. nov. The distinctive characteristics of this worm make it similar to European taxa within the group. |
| Keywords: | Palaeoscolecida Priapulida worm soft-body preservation Konservat-Lagerstätte South America |