A new post-early Cambrian archaeocyath from Antarctica

Abstract A new species of archaeocyath sponge, Dictyocyathus neptunensis , is described from the lower third of the Nelson Limestone of the Neptune Range, Antarctica. Based on the presence of the trilobites Nelsonia schesis and Amphoton oatesi , these strata are interpreted to be mid- to late middle...

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Published in:Geological Magazine
Main Authors: Wood, Rachel A., Evans, Kevin R., Zhuravlev, Andrey Yu.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800019579
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800019579