Fossils and Geology of Lanark County, Ontario

Sunday, 30 June 2019

A Chronology of References to Aspidella terranovica from its Discovery by Murray, Naming in 1872 by Billings, Through the Initial Period when it was Recognized as a Fossil, Through the Decades when it was Dismissed as an Inorganic Concretion or Gas Escape Structure, to its Resurrection in the late 20th Century, and Crowning in 2000 as the First Named Ediacaran Body Fossil

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Below is a chronological list of references to Aspidella terranovica, Billings from its discovery to its acclamation as the First Named Edi...
Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Photographs of GSC 221, one of Alexander Murray’s specimens of Aspidella terranovica, Billings 1872

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Aspidella terranovica, Billings 1872:  “The holotype slab (GSC type 221) is missing from the collections of the Geological Survey of Canada,...
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