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Howells, Yvonne (1978) The Silurian trilobites of the Girvan District, Strathclyde region, Scotland. Doctoral thesis, Keele University.
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Abstract
The trilobite fauna of the Silurian successions of the Girvan area, Strathclyde Region, Scotland, is revised. Twenty eight genera (one new) belonging to the Scutelluidae, Illaenidae, Proetidae, Brachymetopidae, Aulacopleuridae, Harpetidae, Cheiruridae, Encrinuridae, Calymenidae, Phacopidae, Pterygometopidae, Lichidae and Odontopleuridae are represented, and include thirty nine named species (fifteen new), and twenty nine forms under open nomenclature. The fauna is interpreted as having occupied a shallow shelf environment. The distribution of trilobite species is compared with the shore-parallel brachiopod communities recognized in rocks of the same age in Wales and the Welsh Borderland.
Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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Subjects: | Q Science > QE Geology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Geography, Geology and the Environment |
Depositing User: | Lisa Bailey |
Date Deposited: | 27 May 2019 13:38 |
Last Modified: | 27 May 2019 13:38 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/6392 |