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... Formation near Grahamstown , four co - existing communities are recognized :
a linguloid - orbiculoid community , a Tropidoleptus community , a homalonotid -
Plectonotus community , and a community of largely infaunal bivalves . Such an ...
... Formation near Grahamstown , four co - existing communities are recognized :
a linguloid - orbiculoid community , a Tropidoleptus community , a homalonotid -
Plectonotus community , and a community of largely infaunal bivalves . Such an ...
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The single gastropod is a species of Plectonotus . PALAEOECOLOGY
Brachiopods are epifaunal suspension feeders that are restricted to more or less
normal marine conditions . The only known exception to this general rule is
Lingula , which ...
The single gastropod is a species of Plectonotus . PALAEOECOLOGY
Brachiopods are epifaunal suspension feeders that are restricted to more or less
normal marine conditions . The only known exception to this general rule is
Lingula , which ...
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association with Plectonotus always seems to occur in a shallow nearshore
setting ( Boucot 1975 ) . Associations of this sort just described were termed
communities by Boucot ( 1975 ) , who defined a community as a recurring
association of ...
association with Plectonotus always seems to occur in a shallow nearshore
setting ( Boucot 1975 ) . Associations of this sort just described were termed
communities by Boucot ( 1975 ) , who defined a community as a recurring
association of ...
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abbreviated according AFRICA articulate brachiopods association author's name authors basal bedding benthic assemblages BENTHIC COMMUNITIES bivalves Blinkberg Bokkeveld Group Boucot capital collected communities consists containing cycles delta deposited described Devonian Devonian rocks differences DISTRIBUTARY diversity dominated Eastern environment environmental fauna figures gastropod homalonotid Howison's Poort illustrations inarticulate indicate infaunal interpreted intertidal Islands italics known letters Lingula localities lower major marine marine invertebrates mark Member Middle mould Museum Natural History nearshore Note occur original parentheses placed plant fossils Plectonotus punctuation quartz arenites range recorded references represent reworking salinity sandstones scientific sediment SEDIMENTARY FACIES separates sequence shales shallow siltstone similar Smith South African species specimens Stratigraphic subtidal suggest Tables Tankard thick thin Touws River trace fossils trilobite unit upper valve Wagen Drift Formation Weltevrede Formation Western Cape Witpoort Formation Witteberg Group yielded Zoophycos