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A polymorphic graptolite from concealed Tremadoc rocks of England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. W. A. Rushton
A. W. A. Rushton
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Institute of Geological Sciences, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DE
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Summary

Abundant specimens from the middle or upper Tremadoc beds in the Napton Fields Borehole, Warwickshire, are referred to one variable species, Kiaerograptus? quasimodo sp.nov. Two-stiped forms typical of Kiaerograptus co-exist with ‘one-stiped’ forms in which the first stipe consists only of Th 11. Rare specimens with three primary thecae gave rise to forms with one, two? or three stipes.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 118 , Issue 6 , November 1981 , pp. 615 - 622
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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