{{Short description|Extinct family of enigmatic organisms}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|earliest=Ediacaran|Early Cambrian}} (Possible Ediacarian Record*) | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Anabaritidae | authority = Missarzhevsky, 1974 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = * ''Aculeochrea'' * ''Anabarites'' * ''Cambrotubulus'' * ''Mariochrea'' * ''Selindeochrea'' * ''Lobiochrea''(?) * ''Tiksitheca'' }}
The '''anabaritids''' or '''angustiochreids''' are enigmatic tubular, mineralizing organisms with a trifold symmetry (i.e., clover shape) known from their Lower Cambrian fossils. They may have represented cnidaria, but their affinity within the Metazoa is difficult to constrain.<ref name="Kouchinskyetal2009">{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1017/S1477201909002715 | last1 = Kouchinsky | first1 = A. | last2 = Bengtson | first2 = S. | last3 = Feng | first3 = W. | last4 = Kutygin | first4 = R. | last5 = Val'kov | first5 = A. | title = The Lower Cambrian fossil anabaritids: Affinities, occurrences and systematics | journal = Journal of Systematic Palaeontology | volume = 7 | issue = 3 | pages = 241 | year = 2009 | s2cid = 140636579 }}</ref>
==Systematics== After Kouchinsky ''et al.'' (2009):<ref name="Kouchinskyetal2009"/> * ''Aculeochrea'' <small>Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970</small> ** ''A. ornata'' <small>Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970</small> ** ''A. rugosa'' <small>(Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)</small> * ''Anabarites'' <small>Missarzhevsky in Voronova & Missarzhevsky, 1969</small> ** ''A. biplicatus'' <small>(Missarzhevsky, 1989)</small> ** ''A. compositus'' <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969</small> ** ''A. convexus'' <small>(Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)</small> ** ''A. dalirense'' <small>Devaere ''et al.'', 2021</small><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Devaere |first1=L. |last2=Korn |first2=D. |last3=Ghaderi |first3=A. |last4=Struck |first4=U. |last5=Bavandpur |first5=A. K. |title=New and revised small shelly fossil record from the lower Cambrian of northern Iran |year=2021 |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=2141–2181 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1391 |bibcode=2021PPal....7.2141D |doi-access=free }}</ref> ** ''A. hariolus'' <small>(Vasil'eva, 1987)</small> ** ''A. hexasulcatus'' <small>(Missarzhevsky, 1974)</small> ** ''A. korobovi'' <small>(Missarzhevsky in Rozanov & Missarzhevsky, 1966)</small> ** ''A. latus'' <small>(Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)</small> ** ?''A. licis'' <small>(Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969)</small> ** ''A. missarzhevskyi'' <small>(Vasil'eva, 1986)</small> ** ''A. modestus'' <small>Bokova, 1985</small> ** ?''A. natellus'' <small>(Val'kov & Sysoev, 1970)</small> ** ''A. rectus'' <small>Vasil'eva in Rudavskaya & Vasil'eva, 1984</small> ** ''A. ternarius'' <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969</small> ** ''A. tripartitus'' <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969</small> ** ''A. tristichuus'' <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969</small> ** ''A. trisulcatus'' <small>Missarzhevsky in Voronova & Missarzhevsky, 1969</small> ** ''A. valkovi'' <small>(Bokova in Bokova & Vasil'eva, 1990)</small> ** ?''A. volutus'' <small>(Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969)</small> * ''Cambrotubulus'' <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969</small> ** ''C. decurvatus'' <small>Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969</small> * ''Mariochrea'' <small>Val'kov, 1982</small> ** ''M. sinuosa'' <small>Val'kov, 1982</small> * ''Selindeochrea'' <small>Val'kov, 1982</small> ** ''S. tecta'' <small>Val'kov, 1982</small> ** ''S. tricarinata'' <small>(Missarzhevsky in Rozanov ''et al.'', 1969)</small>
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Category:Cambrian animals
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