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Mobergellidae

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Mobergellidae
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Early Middle Cambrian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Family: Mobergellidae
Missarzhevsky, 1989
Genera

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The Mobergellidae are a family of small shelly fossils from the lower Cambrian. The small shells vary widely in shape, but are all bilaterally symmetrical discs with paired muscle scars radiating from the centre of the internal surface.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Streng, M.; Skovsted, C. B. (2006). "A new mobergellan (small shelly fossils) from the early Middle Cambrian of Morocco and its significance". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 80 (3): 209–220. Bibcode:2006PalZ...80..209S. doi:10.1007/BF02988437.