Anabarites is a problematic lower Cambrian genus, and is one of the small shelly fossils. It was abundant in the early Tommotian and is also found in the Nemakit-Daldynian. The fossils represent the triradially symmetrical mineralised tube in which the organism dwelt; it was sedentary. It is named after the Anabar region in Yakutia, Russia; its name does not imply 'heavy'.

Species

After Kouchinsky et al. (2009):

  • A. biplicatus (Missarzhevsky, 1989)
  • A. compositus Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969
  • A. convexus (Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)
  • A. dalirense Devaere et al., 2021
  • 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)

Further reading

For images, see Matthews, S. C.; Missarzhevsky, V. V. (1975). "Small shelly fossils of late Precambrian and early Cambrian age: a review of recent work". Journal of the Geological Society. 131 (3): 289–303. doi:.

  • Kouchinsky, Artem; Bengtson, Stefan (2002). (PDF). Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 47 (3): 431–444.