Ellisell

Ellisell is a Middle Cambrian genus of fossils from Denmark. It contains only one species, Ellisell yochelsoni. Both the genus and species are named after the paleontologist and geologist Ellis L. Yochelson (1928–2006), who had turned 60 at the time the fossils were first described.[1] The genus was originally placed in the family Salterellidae of the phylum Agmata;[1] this placement was rejected by Yochelson & Kisselev (2003),[2] but was restored by Peel (2016).[3] Ellisell is distinguished from Salterella by its slowly expanding conch and the resulting cylindrical apertural cavity, compared to the latter's more rapidly expanding conch and cone-shaped apertural cavity.[1]

Not to be confused with Ellisella.

Ellisell
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia (?)
Phylum: †Agmata
Family: †Salterellidae
Genus: †Ellisell
Peel & Berg-Madsen, 1988[1]
Species:
†E. yochelsoni
Binomial name
†Ellisell yochelsoni
Peel & Berg-Madsen, 1988[1]

References
  1. Peel, J. S.; Berg-Madsen, V. (1988). "A new salterellid (Phylum Agmata) from the upper Middle Cambrian of Denmark" (PDF). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark. 37: 75–82.
  2. Yochelson, Ellis L.; Kisselev, Gennadii N. (2003). "Early Cambrian Salterella and Volborthella (Phylum Agmata) re‐evaluated". Lethaia. 36 (1): 8–20. doi:10.1080/00241160310001254.
  3. Peel, John S. (2016). "Anatase and Hadimopanella selection by Salterella from the Kap Troedsson formation (Cambrian Series 2) of North Greenland". GFF. 139 (1): 70–74. doi:10.1080/11035897.2016.1227365.
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