Milaculum

Milaculum
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian – Early Silurian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Class: †Palaeoscolecida
Genus: †Milaculum
Müller, 1973

The genus Milaculum was erected to contain isolated plates that have since been identified as components of palaeoscolecid worms. They are adorned with regularly arranged humps that recall the arrangement of holes in Microdictyon. The plates are sometimes found in association with palaeoscolecid cuticle.

References

  1. 1 2 HINZ, INGELORE (1990). "The problematic Hadimopanella, Kaimenella, Milaculum and Utahphospha identified as sclerites of Palaeoscolecida". Lethaia. 23 (2): 217–221. Bibcode:1990Letha..23..217H. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1990.tb01362.x.
  2. 1 2 Boogaard, M. Van Den (1988). "Some data on Milaculum Müller, 1973". Scr. Geol. 88, 1–25.
  3. ↑ Bengtson, S., Matthews, S. C. & Missarzhevsky, V. V. (1986). "The Cambrian netlike fossil Microdictyon". In A. Hoffman & M. H. Nitecki (ed.). Problematic Fossil Taxa. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 97–115.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: publisher location (link)