Tertiary and Quaternary brachiopods from the Southwest Pacific

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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