A Chondrophorine (medusoid hydrozoan) from the Basal Cambrian (Placentian) of Newfoundland
| Title | A Chondrophorine (medusoid hydrozoan) from the Basal Cambrian (Placentian) of Newfoundland |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1991 |
| Authors | Narbonne, E, Myrow, P, Landing, E, Anderson, MM |
| Journal | Journal of Paleontology |
| Volume | 65 |
| Pagination | 186-191 |
| Keywords | geology paleontology |
| Abstract | Specimens of the discoid, chambered megafossil Kullingia delicata (Fedonkin) occur near the base of member 2 of the Chapel Island Formation on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. Morphologic and taphonomic features suggest that these fossils can be interpreted as the impressions of pelagic chondrophorines. Kullingia provides a link between Ediacaran and Paleozoic forms, and thus supports the view that the Chondrophorina represents a conservative evolutionary lineage extending back into the Precambrian.
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| URL | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1305753 |
