Open AccessGiant Mollusca (Hyolitha) from the Permian of East Greenland
Author(s) -
J.S Peel,
Ellis L. Yochelson
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v101.7722
Subject(s) - permian , paleontology , mollusca , genus , geology , zoology , biology , structural basin
Elongate, narrowly conical fossils from the Permian of Kap Stosch, northern East Greenland, are referred to the genus Macrotheca, previously known only from Pakistan and Timor. The specimens, and similar problematie molluscs from the Soviet Union previously referred to an extinct Class Xenoconchia, are interpreted as unusually large members of the extinct Class Hyolitha.