| Year | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Publisher place | Marburg |
| Journal | Geologica et Palaeontologica |
| Volume | 12 |
| Pages | 41-52 |
| Type | article in journal |
| Figures | 2 fotatahvlit |
| Language | English |
| Id | 4141 |
Abstract
An arborescent apatitic fossil with lateral branching and concentric laminar structure was found in a basal Volkhovian (Arenigian) Iimestone at Borghamn. Like the axes of certain recent gorgonians it has loculi and a hollow central core. The phosphate has ca. 0.1 o/o J, rather evenly distributed. Al (non-silicate) is sporadically enriched. The fossil is descibed as Nonnegorgonides ziegleri n. gen. n. sp .. Gorgonians were previously unknown in beds older than Cretaceous.
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