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A Sagitta Zone Conodont Fauna from the Wenlockian of the Usk Inlier, Monmouthshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. L. Austin
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geology, The University, Southampton.
M. G. Bassett
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geology, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea.

Abstract

A conodont fauna from a thin limestone bed, considered to be of Wenlockian age, in the Usk inlier, Monmouthshire, is described. Ninety-seven specimens are assigned to four genera and eight species. The fauna is referable to the sagitta conodont zone and suggested correlations are made with the upper part of the Ostra-coden-Kalkes in Germany, with part of the Aulacopleura Schichten and Kok-Kalk in Austria, and with part of the Lockport Dolomite and Rochester Shale in North America.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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