Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie

Philophrosyne beckeri gen. et sp. nov., a microfossil with possible affinities to oomycetes from the Lower Devonian Rhynie cherts

Abstract The Lower Devonian Rhynie cherts contain a wide variety of microfossils with possible affinities to fungi or fungus-like organisms, only a fraction of which have been described and critically evaluated. Philophrosyne beckeri gen. et sp. nov. occurs in accumulations of de...

Hidden diversity in Early Palaeozoic parasites: new indication from Orsten-type Ordovician pentastomidans (tongue-worms)

Abstract Orsten-type Lagerstätten sensu stricto are represented by several localities around the world, delivering a unique window into the meiofauna of the Early Palaeozoic. They are providing beautifully three-dimensionally preserved, phosphatized organisms, mostly articulated...