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  1. 1. Distribution of Sabellidites (Annelida?) in the Basal Cambrian of the Digermulen Peninsula, Arctic Norway

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Frida Hybertsen; [2017]
    Keywords : Ediacaran; Cambrian; Sabellidites; biostratigraphy; Digermulen Peninsula; Arctic Norway; Ediacara; kambrium; Sabellidites; biostratigrafi; Digermulen;

    Abstract : The Digermulen Peninsula, Arctic Norway, offers a unique section of late Ediacaran to Cambrian sediments in an almost complete succession within the Vestertana Group. The proposed annelidan fossil Sabellidites cambriensis is found here, within the Lower Breidvika Member and is believed to exist also in the underlying Manndrapselva Member of the Stáhpogieddi Formation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Palaeoenvironments of the Earliest (Middle Devonian) Tetrapod Trackways from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland; Locomotion in a Terrestrial Setting?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Martin Qvarnström; [2015]
    Keywords : Tetrapods; palaeoenvironment; trackways; paleosols; microfacies; trace fossils; fin-limb transition; Holy Cross Mountains.;

    Abstract : The palaeoenvironment from which early tetrapods emerged is crucial to comprehend in order to understand the mechanisms that drove and allowed the terrestrialization of vertebrates; one of the most important evolutionary ‘events’ in the history of animals. Nevertheless, much of the terrestrialization is shrouded in obscurity, inter alia, due to scarcity of early tetrapods in the fossil record. READ MORE

  4. 3. Trace fossils from the Permian of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Jenny Sälgeback; [1999]
    Keywords : trace fossils; Permian; Antarctica; non-marine; Scoyenia ichnofacies; Aulichnites; Cochlichnus; Helminthopsis; Lockeia; Palaeophycus; Skolithos; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Non-marine trace fossils from the Permian of Antarctica are systematically described and possible depositional environments are discussed. The studied material derives from sedimentary sequences consisting mainly of sandstone and shale at Vestfjella and Kirwanveggen, western Dronning Maud Land. READ MORE