Marpolia

Marpolia; Temporal range: Upper early Cambrian–Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Marpolia spissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Hormogonales
Genus:	Marpolia
Species:	M. spissa; Walcott 1919

Marpolia has been interpreted as a cyanobacterium, but also resembles the modern cladophoran green algae. It is known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess shale^[1] and Early Cambrian deposits from the Czech Republic.^[2] It comprises a dense mass of entangled, twisted filaments. It may have been free-floating or grown on other objects, although there is no evidence of attachment structures.^[1] Template:Gpb abundance

References

^ ^a ^b Briggs, D. E. G.; Erwin, D. H.; Collier, F. J. (1995), Fossils of the Burgess Shale, Washington: Smithsonian Inst Press, ISBN 1-56098-659-X, OCLC 231793738
^ "Steiner, M., Fatka, O., 1996, Lower Cambrian tubular micro- to macrofossils from the Paseky Shale of the Barrandian area (Czech Republic): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v, 70, p. 275–299" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[fotbs-1] Briggs, D. E. G.; Erwin, D. H.; Collier, F. J. (1995), Fossils of the Burgess Shale, Washington: Smithsonian Inst Press, ISBN 1-56098-659-X, OCLC 231793738

[2] "Steiner, M., Fatka, O., 1996, Lower Cambrian tubular micro- to macrofossils from the Paseky Shale of the Barrandian area (Czech Republic): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v, 70, p. 275–299" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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