Obruchevella is a helical microfossil known from the Burgess Shale and Cambrian sites in China, as well as later sites dating to as late as the Devonian.[1][2] It is also known from Owk shales, Vindhyas, Tal Formations, Russia, Greenland, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Alaska and so on.[3]

Obruchevella
Temporal range: Mesoproterozoic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Genus: Obruchevella
Reitlinger, 1948

References

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  1. ^ Mankiewicz, C. (1992). "Obruchevella and Other Microfossils in the Burgess Shale: Preservation and Affinity". Journal of Paleontology. 66 (5): 717–729. Bibcode:1992JPal...66..717M. doi:10.1017/s0022336000020758. S2CID 133415324.
  2. ^ Xueliang, S. (2009). "Obruchevella from the early Cambrian Meishucun Stage of the Meishucun section, Jinning, Yunnan, China". Geological Magazine. 121 (3): 179–183. doi:10.1017/S0016756800028235. S2CID 128759007.
  3. ^ Singh, Veeru. "Record of Obruchevella from the Mesoproterozoic sediments of India".