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... a homalonotid - Plectonotus community , and a community of largely infaunal
bivalves . Such an assemblage is interpreted as representing the restrictive
conditions of an intertidal flat environment . Analysis of the sedimentary facies
shows ...
... a homalonotid - Plectonotus community , and a community of largely infaunal
bivalves . Such an assemblage is interpreted as representing the restrictive
conditions of an intertidal flat environment . Analysis of the sedimentary facies
shows ...
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The only known exception to this general rule is Lingula , which is an infaunal
suspension feeder known to be moderately euryhaline and capable of
withstanding reduced salinities for short periods . Hammond ( 1983 ) showed that
a living ...
The only known exception to this general rule is Lingula , which is an infaunal
suspension feeder known to be moderately euryhaline and capable of
withstanding reduced salinities for short periods . Hammond ( 1983 ) showed that
a living ...
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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