Milaculum Explained

The genus Milaculum was erected to contain isolated plates that have since been identified as components of palaeoscolecid worms.^[1] They are adorned with regularly arranged humps that recall the arrangement of holes in Microdictyon.^[2] The plates are sometimes found in association with palaeoscolecid cuticle.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1990.tb01362.x . The problematic Hadimopanella, Kaimenella, Milaculum and Utahphospha identified as sclerites of Palaeoscolecida . Lethaia . 1990 . 23 . 2 . 217–221 . INGELORE . HINZ. 1990Letha..23..217H .
2. Bengtson, S., Matthews, S. C. & Missarzhevsky, V. V. 1986 The Cambrian netlike fossil Microdictyon. In Problematic Fossil Taxa (eds A. Hoffman & M. H. Nitecki), pp. 97–115. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3. 1 Boogaard, M. Van Den 1988 Some data on Milaculum Müller, 1973. Scr. Geol. 88, 1–25. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148821