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Conopora (Stylasteridae, Hydrozoa) from the Eocene of Seymour Island

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2004

Jarosław Stolarski
Affiliation:
Instytut Paleobiologii PAN, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland. E-mail: stolacy@twarda.pan.pl

Abstract

The first fossil stylasterid from Antarctic is reported from La Meseta Formation (Telm1: Early Eocene) of Seymour Island (Antarctic Peninsula): Conopora mariae sp. nov. This also is the earliest reliable fossil record of the genus Conopora. Conopora mariae differs from congeners by having much larger cyclosystems (diameter 2.5–4.5 mm). Cyclosystems of that size are exceptional among the Stylasteridae.

Type
Papers—Earth Sciences and Glaciology
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1998

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