Graptolites in British stratigraphy

2009183 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Jan Zalasiewicz · University of Leicester

Lindsey. Taylor · University of Leicester

A. W. A. Rushton · Natural History Museum

David K. Loydell · University of Portsmouth

R. B. Rickards · University of Cambridge

Mark Williams · University of Leicester

Abstract

Abstract 697 taxa of planktonic graptolites are recorded, and their stratigraphical ranges are given, through 60 biozones and subzones in the Ordovician and Silurian strata of England, Wales and Scotland, in the first such stratigraphical compilation for Great Britain since the synthesis of Elles & Wood (1901–1918).

Topics & Keywords

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Geological and Geochemical Analysis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Geological Magazine

Volume 146, Issue 6, pp. 785-850

DOI: 10.1017/s0016756809990434

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