The bivalved arthropods 'Isoxys' and 'Tuzoia' with soft-part preservation from the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte (Kangaroo Island, Australia)

Garcia-Bellido, Diego C; Paterson, John R; Edgecombe, Gregory D; Jago, James B; Gehling, James G; Lee, Michael S Y

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00914.x

Author(s)

Garcia-Bellido, Diego C

Paterson, John R

Edgecombe, Gregory D

Jago, James B

Gehling, James G

Lee, Michael S Y

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

Abundant material from a new quarry excavated in the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale (Kangaroo Island, South Australia) and, particularly, the preservation of softbodied features previously unknown from this Burgess Shaletype locality, permit the revision of two bivalved arthropod taxa described in the late 1970s, 'Isoxys communis' and 'Tuzoia australis'. The collections have also produced fossils belonging to two new species: 'Isoxys glaessneri' and 'Tuzoia sp.' Among the soft parts preserved in these taxa are stalked eyes, digestive structures and cephalic and trunk appendages, rivalling in quality and quantity those described from better-known Lagerstätten, notably the lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of China and the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of Canada.

Citation

Palaeontology, 52(6), p. 1221-1241

ISSN

1475-4983

0031-0239

Link

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5046

Language

en

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Title

The bivalved arthropods 'Isoxys' and 'Tuzoia' with soft-part preservation from the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte (Kangaroo Island, Australia)

Type of document

Journal Article

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Publication

Author(s)	Garcia-Bellido, Diego C Paterson, John R Edgecombe, Gregory D Jago, James B Gehling, James G Lee, Michael S Y
Publication Date	2009
Abstract	Abundant material from a new quarry excavated in the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale (Kangaroo Island, South Australia) and, particularly, the preservation of softbodied features previously unknown from this Burgess Shaletype locality, permit the revision of two bivalved arthropod taxa described in the late 1970s, 'Isoxys communis' and 'Tuzoia australis'. The collections have also produced fossils belonging to two new species: 'Isoxys glaessneri' and 'Tuzoia sp.' Among the soft parts preserved in these taxa are stalked eyes, digestive structures and cephalic and trunk appendages, rivalling in quality and quantity those described from better-known Lagerstätten, notably the lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of China and the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of Canada.
Citation	Palaeontology, 52(6), p. 1221-1241
ISSN	1475-4983 0031-0239
Link	https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5046
Language	en
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Title	The bivalved arthropods 'Isoxys' and 'Tuzoia' with soft-part preservation from the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte (Kangaroo Island, Australia)
Type of document	Journal Article
Entity Type	Publication

The bivalved arthropods 'Isoxys' and 'Tuzoia' with soft-part preservation from the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte (Kangaroo Island, Australia)

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