Morania

Morania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Cyanobacteria
Genus:	Morania

Morania is a genus of cyanobacterium preserved as carbonaceous films^[1] in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.^[2] it is present throughout the shale;^[3] 2580 specimens of Morania are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 4.90% of the community.^[2] It is filamentous,^[1] forms sheets,^[3] and resembles the modern cyanobacterium Nostoc.^[1] It would have had a role in binding the sediment,^[3] and would have been a food source for such organisms as Odontogriphus and Wiwaxia.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Carroll Lane Fenton (1943). "Pre-Cambrian and Early Paleozoic algae". American Midland Naturalist 30 (1): 83–111. doi:10.2307/2421265. JSTOR 2421265. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Caron, J. -B.; Jackson, D. A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–465. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R.  edit
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Caron, J. B.; Jackson, D. A. (2008). "Paleoecology of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 258 (3): 222–256. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.023.  edit