Microtomography of Fossil Bryozoans

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Abstract

Bryozoans are colonial animals with a complex skeleton. The methods that are usually used to study the internal structure of fossil colonies of bryozoans are often destructive, laborious, and provide little information. This essay presents the results of the study of Paleozoic and Mesozoic bryozoans using X-ray computed microtomography. We believe that in future this method will become increasingly important for the study of fossils.

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A. V Koromyslova

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, RAS

Email: koromyslova.anna@mail.ru
Moscow, Russia

Z. A Tolokonnikova

Kuban State University; Kazan Federal University

Email: zalatoi@yandex.ru
Krasnodar, Russia; Kazan, Russia

P. V Fedorov

Department of Sedimentary Geology, Institute of Earth Sciences

Email: p.fedorov@spbu.ru
St.Petersburg, Russia

A. V Pakhnevich

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, RAS; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: alvpb@mail.ru
Moscow, Russia; Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia

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