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Note on the age and fauna of the Lynton Beds (Lower Devonian) of north Devon

✍ Scribed by K. M. Evans

Book ID: 102845302
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 687 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 0072-1050
DOI: 10.1002/gj.3350180403

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✦ Synopsis

The Lynton Beds represent shallow marine sediments with a restricted fauna dominated by brachiopods. The age indicated by the brachiopod fauna is late Emsian, although the possibility of a younger date for the uppermost horizons cannot be discounted.

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