The Cambrian lophotrochozoans of the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

• Main Author: Bassett-Butt, Lewis
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Paleobiologi 2015
• Subjects: Brachiopoda; Dailyatia; Cambrian; Drumian; Middle Cambrian; Early Cambrian; Antarctica; tommotiid; camenellan; palaeobiology; small shelly fossils; Antarctic; Argentina; Argentina Range; Churchill Mountains; Indian; Neptune Range; Schneider Hills; Shackleton; The Antarctic; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-252137

The origin of many lophotrochozoan groups can be traced to “small shelly fossil” (SSF) faunas of the Early Cambrian. Antarctica is a key region of study, due to the continent’s known close geographical proximity to well-studied Australian and Indian basins in in the Cambrian. Few studies have focuse...