Title
Tertiary and Quaternary brachiopods from the Southwest Pacific
Related Titles
Series:
Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology, no. 38
By
Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur), 1902-2000
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978
Notes
Brachiopods from Tertiary and Quaternary sediments in the islands of the South Pacific are rarities. They are important in helping us to understand the geographic and geologic distribution and evolution of parts of the phylum. This paper describes genera and species from Fiji, Java, and the New Hebrides. All except two of the genera live in the South Pacific today but are rare, absent, or not yet taken from the waters surrounding Fiji and the New Hebrides: Craniscus?, Cryptopora, Basiliola, Terebratulina, Abyssothyris, Dallithyris?, Argyrotheca, Platidia, Frenulina, Dallina, and Thecidellina. The exceptions are: an extinct new genus, here named Dicrosia, and Lacazella, a genus common in the Mediterranean, less common in the Caribbean, but not now known to be living in the Pacific.
Subjects
Brachiopoda, Fossil
,
Cenozoic
,
Oceania
,
Paleontology
BHL Collections
Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
Call Number
QE701 .S56 no. 38
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.38.1
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/78606152
OCLC:
4131481
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