Species

Volborthella tenuis Schmidt, 1888

Synonymy list

1888 Volborthella tenuis nov. gen. et sp. — Schmidt , pp. 25, fig. II 27-31

1925 Volborthella tenuis Fr. Schmidt, 1888 — Öpik , pp. 16, fig. I 7,10

1968 Volborthella tenuis Schmidt, 1888 — Lipps & Sylvester , pp. 329, fig. 43:1-9

1971 Volborthella tenuis Schmidt, 1888 — Korkutis , pp. 195, fig. 2

1977 Volborthella tenuis Schmidt, 1888 — Yochelson et al. , fig. plate 1-5

1977 Volborthella tenuis Schmidt, 1888 — Mens & Pirrus , pp. 22, fig. XV 1

2003 Volborthella tenuis Schmidt, 1888 — Yochelson & Kisselev , pp. 13, fig. 4, 5

2007 Volborthella tenuis Schmidt, 1888 — Jones , pp. 335, fig. plate 1,2

2016 Volborthella tenuis — Mcilroy & Brasier , fig. 3

Selection of related publications

McIlroy, D., Brasier, M. D. 2017. Ichnological evidence for the Cambrian explosion in the Ediacaran to Cambrian succession of Tanafjord, Finnmark, northern Norway. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 448, 1, 351-368. DOI:10.1144/SP448.7

Yochelson, E. L., Kiselev, G. N. 2003. Early Cambrian Salterella and Volbortella (Phylum Agmata) re-evaluated. Lethaia 36, 1, 8-20. DOI:10.1080/00241160310001254

Palij, V. M., Posti, E., Fedonkin, M. A. 1979. Soft-bodied Metazoa and trace fossils of Vendian and Lower Cambrian. Upper Precambrian and Cambrian Paleontology of East-European Platform, pp. 49-82. Nauka.

Yochelson, E. L., Henningsmoen, G., Griffin, W. L. 1977. The Early Cambrian Genus Volborthella in Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 57, 133-151.

Mens, K. A., Pirrus, E. A. 1977. Stratotypes of the Cambrian Formations of Estonia. pp. 1-68. Valgus.

Korkutis, V. A. 1971. The Cambrian deposits of the Baltic area. pp. 1-176. Mintis.

Öpik, A. 1926. Über die Kalksandsteinfacies des Vaginatenkalkes auf der Halbinsel Baltischport und über ein Acidaspis-Pygidium aus denselben Schichten. Tartu Ülikooli juures oleva Loodusuurijate Seltsi Aruanded 32, 1-2, 1-7.

Öpik, A. 1925. Beitrag zur Stratigraphie und Fauna des estnischen Unter-Kambriums (Eophyton-Sandstein). Tartu Ülikooli Geoloogia Instituudi Toimetused 3, 1-19. Geoloogia-Instituut.

Schmidt, Fr. 1888. Über eine neuentdeckte untercambrische Fauna in Estland. Mémoires de l´Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 36, 2, 1-28.

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Agmata
Family	Salterellidae
Genus	Volborthella
Species	conica
	tenuis

References based on distribution

Yochelson et al., 1977 Mjøsa, Norra
Mens & Pirrus, 1977 Laitse 6 borehole 124.5 - 124.5 Cambrian
Palij et al., 1979 Aizpute 41 borehole 1272.9 - 1272.9 Cambrian
Palij et al., 1979 Kose-Lükati (Lükati) section Cambrian
Öpik, 1926b Maarjamäe outcrop
Korkutis, 1971a Šakiai 42 borehole 1430.65 - 1430.65 Cambrian
Yochelson & Kisselev, 2003 1217.3 - 1217.4 Lower Cambrian (old nomenclature)
McIlroy & Brasier, 2017 Digermulen Peninsula Terreneuvian
Schmidt, 1888a Kose outcrop Oore
Korkutis, 1971a Hirvli 8 borehole 74.2 -