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Journal Article
A New Ediacaran Fossil with a Novel Sediment Displacive Life Habit
Journal: Journal of Paleontology
Publisher: Paleontological Society
Published: 01 January 2014
Journal of Paleontology (2014) 88 (1): 145–151.
...Mary L. Droser; James G. Gehling; Mary E. Dzaugis; Martin J. Kennedy; Dennis Rice; Michael F. Allen A bstract Nilpenia rossi new genus new species, described here from the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia), provides evidence of a Precambrian macroscopic sessile sediment-dweller...
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1 , size frequency diagram of Nilpenia rossi demonstrating right-skewed p...
Published: 01 January 2014
Figure 4 1 , size frequency diagram of Nilpenia rossi demonstrating right-skewed population structure; 2 , radius of central portion of Nilpenia plotted against full radius. While many specimens less than 40 mm in radius have a central portion, none above 40 mm are lacking the central
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Locality map and stratigraphic column. Nilpenia rossi n. gen. n. sp. loca...
Published: 01 January 2014
Figure 1 Locality map and stratigraphic column. Nilpenia rossi n. gen. n. sp. locality is indicated by star. Fossils are from the Ediacara Member of the Rawnsley Quartzite.
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Nilpenia rossi n. gen. n. sp. preserved as external casts on bed tops. 1,...
Published: 01 January 2014
Figure 2 Nilpenia rossi n. gen. n. sp. preserved as external casts on bed tops. 1, holotype circular in shape with dichotomous branching grooves maximizing surface area and a well-developed middle preserved in positive epirelief, SAM P47049; 2, well-defined edge of corrugated sheet (arrow
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Response by Ross Fargher for the presentation of the 2017 Strimple Award of the Paleontological Society
Journal: Journal of Paleontology
Publisher: Paleontological Society
Published: 01 September 2018
Journal of Paleontology (2018) 92 (5): 953.
..., this marginal country was once underwater and was home to an array of ancient creatures that scientists today say mark the dawn of animal life. The recent naming of a new fossil, Nilpenia rossi , is recognition in stone of my commitment to the protection of fossils and the significance of the Nilpena site...
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