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The Ordovician fauna from the Contaya Formation of eastern Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. P. Hughes ,
R. B. Rickards  and
A. Williams
C. P. Hughes
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Sedgwick Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
R. B. Rickards
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Sedgwick Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
A. Williams
Affiliation:
The University, Glasgow, G12 8QQU.K.
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Summary

The Ordovician Fauna from the Contaya Formation from the lowlands of eastern Peru is fully described for the first time. The fauna is restricted and consists essentially of brachiopods, trilobites and Graptolites and three new species, the brachiopod Tissintia simplex, and the trilobites Anebolithus tafuri and Porterfieldia contayaensis are described. The fauna is shown to have close affinities with those of central Europe and North Africa.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 117 , Issue 1 , January 1980 , pp. 1 - 20
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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