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A New Ampthill Clay Fauna from Knapwell, Cambridgeshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. M. Hancock
Affiliation:
Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge.

Abstract

A new ammonite assemblage from the Ampthill Clay is recorded. Its correlation with the Trigonia clavellata beds of Dorset indicates that these condensed beds are represented by two distinct horizons in the Ampthill Clay—the Boxworth Rock below and the Knapwell Ditch horizon above.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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