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Small shelly fossils from Antarctica: an Early Cambrian faunal connection with Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

K. R. Evans  and
A. J. Rowell
K. R. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045
A. J. Rowell
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045
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Abstract

Kennardiids, members of a family of organisms that bore phosphatic sclerites, are present in Antarctica; previously, they had been found only in Australia. This new occurrence reinforces the concept of a faunal province shared between the continents during Early Cambrian time. Although the two known genera of kennardiids, Dailyatia Bischoff and Kennardia Laurie occur in Antarctica and Australia, no species are common to both continents.

Dailyatia is interpreted as having had tightly fitting sclerites that armored a bilaterally symmetrical, bipolar body; two alternative reconstructions are presented. Taxa include two new species, Dailyatia braddocki and Dailyatia odyssei, and two unnamed species of Kennardia.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 64 , Issue 5 , September 1990 , pp. 692 - 700
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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