Salterella
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Salterella is an enigmatic Cambrian
–Ordovician
genus with a calcareous shell that appears to be septate, but is rather filled with stratified laminar deposits. Its shell contains grains of sediment.
Cambrian
The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, lasting from Mya ; it is succeeded by the Ordovician. Its subdivisions, and indeed its base, are somewhat in flux. The period was established by Adam Sedgwick, who named it after Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, where Britain's...
–Ordovician
Ordovician
The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six of the Paleozoic Era, and covers the time between 488.3±1.7 to 443.7±1.5 million years ago . It follows the Cambrian Period and is followed by the Silurian Period...
genus with a calcareous shell that appears to be septate, but is rather filled with stratified laminar deposits. Its shell contains grains of sediment.