Remains of an Eocene skink from Queensland |
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| Authors: | Scott A Hocknull |
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| Institution: | Vertebrate Palaeontology , Queensland Museum P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101 E-mail: scotth@qm.qld.gov.au |
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| Abstract: | Azurduya gen. nov. (Brachiopoda: Camarotoechiidae) is described from Early Carboniferous sequences in the Argentine Precordillera and northern Chile. Marine assemblages and the palynoflora associated with this genus suggest a Tournaisian age. The type species Azurduya chavelensis (Amos, 1958) is reviewed and redescribed from material from the type locality. Additional material from equivalent localities in the Rio Blanco Basin (La Rioja and San Juan provinces, Argentine Precordilera) has been used to understand ontogenetic changes as well intraspecific variation. Azurduya cingolanii sp. nov. is proposed. |
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| Keywords: | Brachiopoda Azurduya new genus Early Carboniferous South America |
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