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A chondrophorine (medusoid hydrozoan) from the basal Cambrian (Placentian) of Newfoundland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Guy M. Narbonne ,
Paul Myrow ,
Ed Landing  and
Michael M. Anderson
Guy M. Narbonne
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
Paul Myrow
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs 80903
Ed Landing
Affiliation:
New York State Geological Survey, The State Education Department, Albany 12230
Michael M. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's A1B 3X5, Newfoundland
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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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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , March 1991 , pp. 186 - 191
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