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Such an assemblage is interpreted as representing the restrictive conditions of
an intertidal flat environment . Analysis of the sedimentary facies shows that the
fossils come from a sequence of interbedded shales , siltstones and sandstones
...
Such an assemblage is interpreted as representing the restrictive conditions of
an intertidal flat environment . Analysis of the sedimentary facies shows that the
fossils come from a sequence of interbedded shales , siltstones and sandstones
...
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Associations of this sort just described were termed communities by Boucot (
1975 ) , who defined a community as a recurring association of taxa that require
the same range of environmental conditions or that are dependent on one
another .
Associations of this sort just described were termed communities by Boucot (
1975 ) , who defined a community as a recurring association of taxa that require
the same range of environmental conditions or that are dependent on one
another .
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Environmental differences are the important factors in determining the faunal
differences . CONCLUSIONS ... The Wagen Drift Formation is taken to represent
a prograding delta and its shales were deposited in a delta slope environment .
Environmental differences are the important factors in determining the faunal
differences . CONCLUSIONS ... The Wagen Drift Formation is taken to represent
a prograding delta and its shales were deposited in a delta slope environment .
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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