Fossil clitellate annelid cocoons and their microbiological inclusions from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Palaeontologia Electronica
• Main Authors: Mc Loughlin, S, Bomfleur, B, Mörs, T, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Coquina Press
• Subjects: BRANCHIOBDELLIDS; SPERMATOZOA; EOCENE; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Suecia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/57082

Clitellate annelids have a meagre body fossil record but they secrete proteinaceous cocoons for the protection of eggs that, after hardening, are readily fossilized and offer a largely untapped resource for assessing the evolutionary history of this group. We describe three species of clitellate coc...