Anabarites is a problematic lower Cambrian genus, and is one of the small shelly fossils. It was abundant in the early Tommotian and is also found in the Nemakit-Daldynian. The fossils represent the triradially symmetrical mineralised tube in which the organism dwelt; it was sedentary. It is named after the Anabar region in Yakutia, Russia; its name does not imply 'heavy'.
Species
After Kouchinsky et al. (2009):
- A. biplicatus <small>(Missarzhevsky, 1989)</small>
- A. compositus <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969</small>
- A. convexus <small>(Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)</small>
- A. dalirense <small>Devaere et al., 2021</small>
- A. hariolus <small>(Vasil'eva, 1987)</small>
- A. hexasulcatus <small>(Missarzhevsky, 1974)</small>
- A. korobovi <small>(Missarzhevsky in Rozanov & Missarzhevsky, 1966)</small>
- A. latus <small>(Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)</small>
- ?A. licis <small>(Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969)</small>
- A. missarzhevskyi <small>(Vasil'eva, 1986)</small>
- A. modestus <small>Bokova, 1985</small>
- ?A. natellus <small>(Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)</small>
- A. rectus <small>Vasil'eva in Rudavskaya & Vasil'eva, 1984</small>
- A. ternarius <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969</small>
- A. tripartitus <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969</small>
- A. tristichuus <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969</small>
- A. trisulcatus <small>Missarzhevsky in Voronova & Missarzhevsky, 1969</small>
- A. valkovi <small>(Bokova in Bokova & Vasil'eva, 1990)</small>
- ?A. volutus <small>(Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al., 1969)</small>
Further reading
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