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A Late Middle Cambrian fauna from the Que River Beds, western Tasmania

Jago, JB 1977 , 'A Late Middle Cambrian fauna from the Que River Beds, western Tasmania' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 111 , pp. 41-57 , doi: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.111.41.

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Abstract

A late Middle Cambrian (Ptychagnostus) punctuosus or P. nathorsti Zone) fauna occurs in the Que River Beds, Western Tasmania. Hydroids, dendroids and a possible aglaspid have been described previously. The remaining fauna of ten species of agnostid trilobites, one species of acrotretid brachiopod, various sponge spicules and one bradoriid specimen is described herein. The fauna is unusual in that no polymerid trilobites are known and that there is a very high percentage of complete agnostid specimens. One new agnostid species Ptychagnostus (?) murchisoni is described. One probable new agnostid genus and one probable new species of Diplagnostus are left in open nomenclature, because of their poor preservation.

Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:Jago, JB
Keywords: Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN: 0080-4703
DOI / ID Number: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.111.41
Collections: Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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