title: A silurian soft-bodied biota.
abstract: A new Silurian (Llandoverian) biota from Wisconsin with a significant soft-bodied and lightly sclerotized component is dominated by arthropods and worms. The fauna includes the earliest well-preserved xiphosure, a possible marine uniramian, three new arthropods of uncertain affinity, and possibly the first Paleozoic leech. This may be only the second locality to yield a conodont animal. Lack of a normal shelly fauna suggests an unusual environment. The discovery adds significantly to the few such exceptionally preserved faunas known from Lower Paleozoic rocks.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Mikulic
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Briggs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kluessendorf