- Tytuł:
- The oldest brachiopods from the lower Cambrian of South Australia
- Autorzy:
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Topper, T.P.
Holmer, L.E.
Skovsted, C.B.
Brock, G.A.
Balthasar, U.
Larsson, C.M.
Stolk, S.P.
Harper, D.A.T. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/22055.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2013
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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brachiopod
Cambrian
South Australia
Brachiopoda
Tommotiida
Paterinida
Askepasma
microstructure
morphology
shell
Arrowie Basin
Lower Cambrian
Australia
paleontology - Opis:
- The morphology and organophosphatic shell structure of the paterinate brachiopod Askepasma is documented using new and previously collected specimens from the lower Cambrian of South Australia. Lack of adequately preserved material has seen the majority of paterinate specimens previously reported from South Australia referred to the genus Askepasma and treated under open nomenclature. Large collections of paterinates from the lower Cambrian Wilkawillina, Ajax, and Wirrapowie limestones in the Arrowie Basin, South Australia have prompted redescription of the type species Askepasma toddense and the erection of a new species, Askepasma saproconcha sp. nov. Askepasma saproconcha sp. nov. currently represents the oldest known brachiopod from the lower Cambrian successions in South Australia with a FAD in pre−trilo− bitic (Terreneuvian, Cambrian Stage 2, lower Atdabanian) strata in the basal part of the Wilkawillina and Wirrapowie limestones. Askepasma toddense predominantly occurs in Abadiella huoi Zone equivalent strata (Unnamed Cambrian Se− ries 2, Stage 3, middle–upper Atdabanian) in the upper part of the lower Wilkawillina, Wirrapowie, and Ajax limestones. The shell microstructure of Askepasma suggests a proximal stem group position within the Brachiopoda and similarities with tommotiid taxa provides further evidence that the ancestry of crown group brachiopods is firmly entrenched within the Tommotiida.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2013, 58, 1
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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