XXVII.—Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904: Cambrian Organic Remains from a Dredging in the Weddell Sea
From a biological point of view considerable interest must always attend any investigation of the earliest known organisms, and, although we may legitimately infer that a flora and fauna existed prior to Cambrian times, the organisms preserved for us in rocks of that age constitute, at present, the...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0080456800015957 2024-09-15T17:43:02+00:00 XXVII.—Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904: Cambrian Organic Remains from a Dredging in the Weddell Sea Gordon, W. T. 1921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800015957 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080456800015957 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh volume 52, issue 4, page 681-714 ISSN 0080-4568 2053-5945 journal-article 1921 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800015957 2024-07-31T04:03:43Z From a biological point of view considerable interest must always attend any investigation of the earliest known organisms, and, although we may legitimately infer that a flora and fauna existed prior to Cambrian times, the organisms preserved for us in rocks of that age constitute, at present, the first chapter of palæontological history. For this reason alone the Archæocyathinæ are important, since they form part of the Lower Cambrian fauna. When, however, we consider that the genera included in the group are very distinct from one another (indicating that the family was probably of considerable antiquity even in those early times), that the types have, as far as we know, a wide geographical distribution, and that to certain skeletal characters usually associated with the Porifera they unite others more common among the Cœlenterata, interest is still further stimulated. On the other hand, although recorded in great abundance from several widely separated localities, they are not, as a rule, common fossils in Cambrian strata, and consequently the group has not received much attention. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Weddell Sea Cambridge University Press Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 52 4 681 714 |
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From a biological point of view considerable interest must always attend any investigation of the earliest known organisms, and, although we may legitimately infer that a flora and fauna existed prior to Cambrian times, the organisms preserved for us in rocks of that age constitute, at present, the first chapter of palæontological history. For this reason alone the Archæocyathinæ are important, since they form part of the Lower Cambrian fauna. When, however, we consider that the genera included in the group are very distinct from one another (indicating that the family was probably of considerable antiquity even in those early times), that the types have, as far as we know, a wide geographical distribution, and that to certain skeletal characters usually associated with the Porifera they unite others more common among the Cœlenterata, interest is still further stimulated. On the other hand, although recorded in great abundance from several widely separated localities, they are not, as a rule, common fossils in Cambrian strata, and consequently the group has not received much attention. |
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XXVII.—Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904: Cambrian Organic Remains from a Dredging in the Weddell Sea |
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XXVII.—Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904: Cambrian Organic Remains from a Dredging in the Weddell Sea |
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XXVII.—Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904: Cambrian Organic Remains from a Dredging in the Weddell Sea |
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