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... different interpretations of the faunal assemblages from the two areas accord
well with the different interpretations of the containing sedimentary facies .
CONTENTS Introduction . Stratigraphy Sedimentary facies Fauna Palaeoecology
Age .
... different interpretations of the faunal assemblages from the two areas accord
well with the different interpretations of the containing sedimentary facies .
CONTENTS Introduction . Stratigraphy Sedimentary facies Fauna Palaeoecology
Age .
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FAUNA The two localities within the Wagen Drift Formation near Touws River ,
from which material was collected for this study , have yielded an inarticulate
brachiopod ( Fig . 7E ) , several articulate brachiopods ( Fig . 7D ) , bivalves and ...
FAUNA The two localities within the Wagen Drift Formation near Touws River ,
from which material was collected for this study , have yielded an inarticulate
brachiopod ( Fig . 7E ) , several articulate brachiopods ( Fig . 7D ) , bivalves and ...
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The more stable infaunal environment permits a somewhat more diverse bivalve
fauna to be present . The taxa that dominate the low - diversity communities of
benthic assemblages 1 and 2 may also be found in high - diversity communities
in ...
The more stable infaunal environment permits a somewhat more diverse bivalve
fauna to be present . The taxa that dominate the low - diversity communities of
benthic assemblages 1 and 2 may also be found in high - diversity communities
in ...
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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