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The specimens represent a number of shallow - water communities similar to
those recognized in Silurian and Devonian rocks ... Such an assemblage is
interpreted as representing the restrictive conditions of an intertidal flat
environment .
The specimens represent a number of shallow - water communities similar to
those recognized in Silurian and Devonian rocks ... Such an assemblage is
interpreted as representing the restrictive conditions of an intertidal flat
environment .
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Benthic assemblages 1 and 2 are interpreted as representing the high and low
intertidal zones respectively ( Boucot 1975 ) ... 4 and 5 represent increasingly
deep subtidal areas on the continental shelf , and benthic assemblage 6
represents ...
Benthic assemblages 1 and 2 are interpreted as representing the high and low
intertidal zones respectively ( Boucot 1975 ) ... 4 and 5 represent increasingly
deep subtidal areas on the continental shelf , and benthic assemblage 6
represents ...
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CONCLUSIONS Rare Middle to Upper Devonian marine invertebrates from a few
widespread localities in the lower part of the Witteberg Group represent a number
of benthic communities similar to those recorded from other parts of the world .
CONCLUSIONS Rare Middle to Upper Devonian marine invertebrates from a few
widespread localities in the lower part of the Witteberg Group represent a number
of benthic communities similar to those recorded from other parts of the world .
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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