Soft-part preservation in a bivalved arthropod from the Late Ordovician of Wales

A new component of the Early Palaeozoic arthropod fauna is described from a monospecific accumulate of carapaces in a Late Ordovician (Katian) hemipelagic mudstone from the Cardigan district of southwest Wales (UK). Its non-biomineralized carapace is preserved as a carbonaceous residue, as is more l...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Geological magazine 2010-03, Vol.147 (2), p.242-252
Hauptverfasser:	PAGE, ALEX, WILBY, PHILIP R., WILLIAMS, MARK, VANNIER, JEAN, DAVIES, JEREMY R., WATERS, RICHARD A., ZALASIEWICZ, JAN A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	anatomy arthropod Arthropoda authigenic minerals biostratigraphy biozones Branchiopoda Camera Camera lucida Cardiganshire Wales clastic rocks Conodonta Crustacea Deep water depositional environment Detritus Dyfed Wales Earth Sciences Eglwys Formation Europe eyes Fauna faunal studies Fossils Geochemistry Geologic depressions Graptolithina Graptoloidea Great Britain habitat hemipelagic environment host rocks inner lamella Invertebrata invertebrate Mandibulata marine environment Metamorphism microfossils Mineralization Mollusks mudstone ocean floors Ordovician organic preservation Ostracoda paleoecology paleoenvironment Paleontology Paleozoic preservation Sciences of the Universe sedimentary rocks shells Shoals Stratigraphy taphonomy taxonomy United Kingdom Upper Ordovician Wales Western Europe zooplankton
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