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INTRODUCTION The Witteberg Group , topmost division of the tripartite Cape
Supergroup , is not noted for its invertebrate fossils , although its plant fossils (
Plumstead 1967 , 1969 ) and fish fossils ( Jubb 1965 ; Gardiner 1969 ) are fairly
well ...
INTRODUCTION The Witteberg Group , topmost division of the tripartite Cape
Supergroup , is not noted for its invertebrate fossils , although its plant fossils (
Plumstead 1967 , 1969 ) and fish fossils ( Jubb 1965 ; Gardiner 1969 ) are fairly
well ...
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Overlying the Wagen Drift Formation is the Blinkberg Formation , an extremely
mature quartz arenite unit , which contains some plant fossils . This in turn , is
overlain by the Swartruggens Formation , a relatively thick heterolithic unit
comprising ...
Overlying the Wagen Drift Formation is the Blinkberg Formation , an extremely
mature quartz arenite unit , which contains some plant fossils . This in turn , is
overlain by the Swartruggens Formation , a relatively thick heterolithic unit
comprising ...
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AGE The general lack of fossils in the Witteberg Group has made dating of the
rocks rather difficult . Fish remains from the Waaipoort ... Witteberg plant
macrofossils suggested a late Devonian age to Plumstead ( 1967 , 1969 ) .
Boucot et al .
AGE The general lack of fossils in the Witteberg Group has made dating of the
rocks rather difficult . Fish remains from the Waaipoort ... Witteberg plant
macrofossils suggested a late Devonian age to Plumstead ( 1967 , 1969 ) .
Boucot et al .
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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