Journal
GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE
Volume 149, Issue 5, Pages 940-943Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756812000350
Keywords
Cambrian; Glyptocystitida; Britain; Gondwana; palaeogeography
Categories
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Education MEC-FEDER-EU [CGL2006-12975/BTE]
- MEC [EX2009-0815]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Furongian (late Cambrian) echinoderms are extremely rare in the fossil record and only two previous reports have been described from the Paibian Stage worldwide. Here, the third occurrence of an echinoderm from the Paibian, and the first ever reported in the Furongian of Britain is presented. It is a primitive pelmatozoan which shows intermediate characteristics between eocrinoids with columnal-bearing stems and primitive glyptocystitid rhombiferans. The palaeobiogeographic affinities of Cambrian echinoderm faunas from Britain, eastern Avalonia, are shown to be with Gondwana.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available