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Table of Contents - Memoir 165:

Fossil Conchostraca of the Southern Hemisphere and Continental Drift: Paleontology, Biostratigraphy, and Dispersal


Acknowledgments
Abstract
Introduction
Conchostracan Taxonomy
Shell Measurements
Endemism

Continental Overview of Gondwana Estheriids

Introduction
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
India
South America

Systematic Descriptions

Repository of Types
Africa
Algeria
Angola
Cameroon
Chad
Gabon
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Malagasy
Malawi
Morocco
Mozambique
Niger
Republic of South Africa
Rio Muni
Tanzania
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Antarctica

Lashly Mountains
Portal Mountain
Ohio Range
Brimstone Peak
Mauger Nunatak
Blizzard Heights and Environs
Storm Peak
Agate Peak
Carapace Nunatak

Australia

Buchan Caves Limestone, Victoria
Anderson Formation, Western Australia
Drummond Basin, Queensland
Newcastle Coal Measures, New South Wales
Other Permian Conchostracan Species
Arcadia Formation, Queensland
Hawkesbury Sandstone, New South Wales
Garie Beach, Narribean Group, Sydney Basin
Victoria

India

Po Series
Kawadsi
Pumwat
Panchet Formation, Raniganj Coal Field
Panchet Formation, East Bokaro Coal Field
Mangli Village
Mahadeva Formation
Andel Area, West Bengal
Kotá Formation, Kota Village and Environs
Lower Tal Formations, U.P. Himalayas

South America

Argentina Chubut
Mendoza
Cordoba
Santa Cruz, Patagonia
Roca Blanca Formation
Bolivia Ipaquazu Formation
Vitiacua Limestone
Palermo Canyon
Brazil Bahia
Maranháo
Mato Grosso
Minas Gerais
Paraiba
Paraná
Pernambuco
Piaui
Rio Grande do Sul
Santa Catarina
Sao Páulo Sergipe
Chile High Cordillera
Aconcaqua
Antofagasta
Aranca
Colombia Santander Massif
Montebel
Quebrado de los Indios
Guyana Takutu River Peru Arica, Arequipa Uruguay Tacuaremb6 Formation Venezuela Merida and Environs
Sierra de Perija

Revised Systematic Taxonomy of Mitchell's Types

Taxonomic Clarification of Papers by Kozur and others Bearing on Taxa in this Memoir

Paleozoic/Mesozoic Dispersal of Conchostracan Taxa in the Southern Continents

Factors in Dispersal and Survival Salinity tolerance
Conchostracan eggs
Egg transport
Transport by birds
Transport by "Noah's Ark
Aerial transport
Dispersal Evidence
Cornia
Estheriina
Palaeolimnadia
Cyclestherioides
Leaia
Pseudoasmussiata
Estheriella
Palaeolimnadiopsis
Identical and/or Related Fossil Conchostracan Species in the Southern Continents
Antarctica-Africa
Australia-Africa
Australia-Antarctica
Other Interrelationships between Southern Continents
India-Antarctica
India-Australia
South America-Africa-India
India-Antarctica-Australia
South America-Africa
USSR-China-Antarctica-Australia

Summary

Plates

1-39. Described and illustrated taxa from all southern continents

40-43. Mitchell's types

44. Illustrations for discussion of Kozur and others taxonomy

45-49. Photographs of conchostracan collecting sites in the southern continents

Appendix

Measured Sections and Fossil Biota Antarctica
Blizzard Heights
Storm Peak
Carapace Nunatak
Australia Newcastle Coal Measures India Mangli
Raniganj Basin
Sironcha Reserve Forest and Environs
Evolutionary trends and morphologic aspects Newcastle Coal Measures, Australia

References Cited

Index: 1. General; 2. Scientific Names