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Lower Cambrian echinoderm plates from Cowley, Shropshire, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. K. Donovan
Affiliation:
Department of GeologyUniversity of LiverpoolP.O. Box 147Liverpool, L69 3BX
C. R. C. Paul
Affiliation:
Department of GeologyUniversity of LiverpoolP.O. Box 147Liverpool, L69 3BX

Summary

Echinoderm plates from the Protolenus Limestone are recognised as belonging to three groups; plates with folded surfaces, plates with bevelled edges and a third group. They are not comparable with other Lower Cambrian echinoderms and may be derived from a genus or genera of eocrinoid which is not known from complete specimens.

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