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The Ordovician brachiopods of Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Michael G. Bassett
Michael G. Bassett
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Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff CF1 3NP
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Summary

The brachiopod fauna of the Gorran Quartzites of south Cornwall is described; it comprises five orthid genera. Three taxa are described under open nomenclature, and one new species is assigned to a new genus (Schalidomorthis stubblefieldi). The fauna supports the Llandeilo age suggested by accompanying trilobites. There is no brachiopod evidence to indicate that the quartzite pebbles of the Triassic Budleigh Salterton Pebble Bed are derived directly from the Ordovician of Cornwall.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 118 , Issue 6 , November 1981 , pp. 647 - 664
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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