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SMALL SHELLY FOSSILS AND CARBON ISOTOPES FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN (STAGES 3–4) MURAL FORMATION OF WESTERN LAURENTIA
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- Skovsted, Christian, 1974- (författare)
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet,Enheten för paleobiologi
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- Balthasar, Uwe (författare)
- School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences University of Plymouth Plymouth PL4 8AA UK
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- Vinther, Jakob (författare)
- Schools of Biological Sciences & Earth Sciences Life Sciences Building University of Bristol Bristol BS8 1TQ UK
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- Sperling, Erik A. (författare)
- Department of Geological Sciences Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
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- 2020-06-15
- 2021
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Papers in Palaeontology. - : Wiley. - 2056-2799 .- 2056-2802. ; 7:2, s. 951-983
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Abstract
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- The extraordinary window of phosphatized and phosphatic small shelly fossils (SSF) during the early and middle Cambrian is an important testament to the radiation of biomineralizing metazoans. While SSF are well known from most Cambrian palaeocontinents during this time interval, western Laurentia has relatively few SSF faunas. Here we describe a diverse SSF fauna from the early Cambrian (Stages 3–4) Mural Formation at three localities in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, complemented by carbon isotope measurements to aid in a potential future bio-chemostratigraphic framework. The fauna expands the recorded SSF assemblage diversity in western Laurentia and includes several brachiopods, four bradoriids, three chancelloriids, two hyoliths, a tommotiid and a helcionellid mollusc as well as echinoderm ossicles and specimens of Microdictyon, Volborthella and Hyolithellus. New taxa include the tommotiid genus Canadiella gen. nov., the new bradoriid species Hipponicharion perforata sp. nov. and Pseudobeyrichona taurata sp. nov. Compared with contemporaneous faunas from western Laurentia, the fauna is relatively diverse, particularly in taxa with originally phosphatic shells, which appear to be associated with archaeocyathid build-ups. This suggests that the generally low faunal diversity in western Laurentia may be at least partly a consequence of poor sampling of suitable archaeocyathan reef environments. In addition, the tommotiid Canadiella filigrana appears to be of biostratigraphical significance in Cambrian Stage 3 strata of western Laurentia, and the unexpected high diversity of bradoriid arthropods in the fauna also suggests that this group may prove useful for biostratigraphical resolution in the region.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geology (hsv//eng)
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- small shelly fossils
- Brachiopoda
- Bradoriida
- biostratigraphy
- carbon isotope stratigraphy
- Cambrian
- The changing Earth
- Den föränderliga jorden
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