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A marine fauna from the Dartmouth Beds (Lower Devonian) of Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

K. M. Evans
K. M. Evans
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Nature Conservancy Council, Geological Conservation Review Unit Pearl House, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berks.
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Summary

A brachiopod fauna is described from a marine horizon within the Dartmouth Beds at Bull Cove, Cornwall. The fauna indicates a Middle or Late Siegenian age and aspects of the palaeoecology are discussed. The Lower Devonian succession of south Devon and north Cornwall is discussed and the terms Meadfoot facies and Standon facies are proposed to replace the Meadfoot Beds and Staddon Grits of the old terminology.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 118 , Issue 5 , September 1981 , pp. 517 - 523
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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