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Malacostracan Crustacea from the Dinantian of Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2011
Abstract
The Tealliocaris and Crangopsis previously recorded from Foulden are shown to be Bairdops elegans and Belotelson traquairi, respectively. This locality thus yields the oldest Known Bairdops. The two species are confined to the lower Carboniferous sedimentary basin S of the Southern Uplands massif. Elsewhere, these genera are thought to characterise the nearshore marine fauna. The reciprocal relationship noted between malacostracans and actinopterygians may therefore be a function of fluctuating salinity.
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- Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , 1985 , pp. 35 - 40
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- Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985
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