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VI.—On the So-called “Plant Fossils” from the Silurian of Central Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. G. Nathorst
Affiliation:
of the Geological survey of Sweden, Stockholm.

Extract

In the Geological Magazine, Dec. II. Vol. IX. November, 1882, my esteemed friend, Mr. W. Keeping, describes (pp. 485–491) some markings from the Silurian beds of Central Wales, which he considers to be fossil plants. The description of those markings, however, so far from supporting the correctness of Mr. Keeping's views, seem, on the contrary, to put it quite beyond doubt that the objects referred to are only trails and burrows of Annelids. It is indeed most surprising that Mr. Keeping, although referring to my paper on trails of different animals, etc., seems to have taken no notice whatever of the statements which are there brought forward as to the mode of occurrence and structure of the worm trails. For if this had been done, I think that the objects referred to would never have been described as fossil plants.

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Original Articles
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1883

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page 33 note 1 Om spår af några evertebrerade djur m.m. och deras paleontologiska betydelse. With a French translation: Mémoire sur quelques traces d'animaux sans vertèbres etc. et de leur portée paléontologique. (Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handingar Bd. 18, No. 7, Stockholm, 1881.)Google Scholar