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Article: Chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the basal Wenlock Series (Silurian) Global Stratotype Section and Point

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 47
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2004
Page(s): 745 773
Author(s): Gary L. Mullins and Richard J. Aldridge
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MULLINS, G. L., ALDRIDGE, R. J. 2004. Chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the basal Wenlock Series (Silurian) Global Stratotype Section and Point. Palaeontology47, 3, 745–773.

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Abstract

Diverse and abundant assemblages of chitinozoans allow the recognition of the upper part of the Margachitina margaritana Biozone in the uppermost Llandovery and lowermost Wenlock series of the Hughley Brook section. The Cingulochitina bouniensis and Salopochitina bella biozones are identified in the lower part of the Buildwas Formation, Wenlock Series. The chitinozoan data indicate that the base of the Wenlock Series most probably correlates with a level in the upper centrifugus or lower murchisoni graptolite biozones. Chitinozoans also indicate that the base of the riccartonensis graptolite Biozone may occur within the Buildwas Formation and not the overlying Coalbrookdale Formation.
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