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The Goniatite Girtyoceras cf. weetsense Moore from the shales above the Jew Limestone, Northumberland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. A. L. Johnson
G. A. L. Johnson
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Department of Geology, University Science Laboratories, Durham.
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Abstract

A new Yoredale goniatite locality in the shales above the Jew Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) at Temon, near Greenhead, Northumberland, has yielded a fauna including Girtyoceras cf. weetsense Moore; a lower P2 age (Bollandian) is indicated. The fauna and lithology of the goniatite-bearing shale is described and the lateral correlation of the Jew Limestone discussed. It is suggested that the base of the Jew (= Hardraw = Oxford) Limestone is the most satisfactory horizon for the P1–P2 boundary in the northern Pennines.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 94 , Issue 3 , June 1957 , pp. 229 - 234
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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