Genus

Conotubus Zhang et Lin, 1986

Taxon description

Cai et al., 2011

Emended diagnosis: Straight or sinuous conotubular tube preserved with a closed apex and an open aperture. Tube demarcated into a series of sections by constriction, abrupt bending, or change in orientation. Tube wall does not appear to be biomineralized, and it consists of nested funnel-shaped cylinders that are successively added at the apertural end. Tube does not branch or split. Tube length 3–80 mm, aperture diameter 0.3–12 mm, and apex diameter 0.1–4 mm.

Selection of related publications
Vinn, O., Nanglu, K., Wilson, M. A., Isakar, M., Toom, U. 2025. Ediacaran-type non-mineralized tube-dwelling organisms persisted into the early Cambrian (Terreneuvian) in Baltica. Gondwana Research 137, 29-35. DOI:10.1016/j.gr.2024.09.009
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