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New middle Cambrian hyolith genus and species and echinoderm ossicles from the Georgina Basin, Australia

Author:
Stripe, Miranda M.
Degree Grantor:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Geological Sciences
Degree Supervisor:
Susannah M. Porter
Place of Publication:
[Santa Barbara, Calif.]
Publisher:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Creation Date:
2015
Issued Date:
2015
Topics:
Paleontology
Keywords:
Hyolith
Cambrian
Echinoderm
Georgina Basin
Small shelly fossil
Genres:
Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
Dissertation:
M.S.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015
Description:

The study herein describes a new genus and species of orthothecid hyolith and numerous echinoderm ossicles. The internal mold of the hyolith bears an apical ridge and is of uniform width, distinguishing it from other known hyoliths. Biological significance of its internal apical structure is unclear, though hypotheses proposed include a streamlining effect and presence of a terminal spine on the original shell. Inclusion of the supposed Circotheca stylus depicted in Dzik (1980: fig. 7) into this species expands the newly described hyolith's geographic range to Baltica and extends its temporal occurrence into the Late Cambrian. Some of the ossicles resemble echinoderm taxa (e.g., stylophorans and eocrinoids), but many ossicle morphologies share little to no similarities to known Cambrian echinoderms. Several fragmented ossicles bear phosphatic casts around their pores similar to Cantabria labyrinthica remains. Such results suggest that C. labyrinthica may represent echinoderm ossicles, not lobopodian plates as originally proposed by Clausen and Alvaro (2006).

Physical Description:
1 online resource (50 pages)
Format:
Text
Collection(s):
UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
ARK:
ark:/48907/f31g0jgt
ISBN:
9781339219073
Catalog System Number:
990045866140203776
Rights:
Inc.icon only.dark In Copyright
Copyright Holder:
Miranda Stripe
File Description
Access: Public access
Stripe_ucsb_0035N_12759.pdf pdf (Portable Document Format)