Geological significance of a Middle Cambrian fauna from Antarctica

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Clarkson, P.D., Hughes, C.P., Thomson, M.R.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Shackleton; Shackleton Range; Blaiklock; Provender; Blaiklock Glacier; Mount Provender; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525140/; https://doi.org/10.1038/279791a0

A NEW collection of a Cambrian fauna, occurring as erratics in a Quaternary moraine near Mount Provender (80°23′S, 29°55′W), western Shackleton Range (Fig. 1, inset) is reported here. It includes inarticulate brachiopods and trilobites, together with the first hyolithids and primitive molluscs from...