A new scleractinian-like coral from the Ordovician of the southern Uplands, Scotland

New, discoidal fossils preserved as moulds from the middle Ordovician (Caradoc) of the Southern Uplands are shown to possess characteristic coralline microarchitecture. They are solitary, zoantharian corals with cyclic, hexameral septal insertion. Successive cycles are arranged in a system of nested...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Palaeontology 1991-02, Vol.34 (1), p.179-194
Hauptverfasser:	SCRUTTON, C. T, CLARKSON, E. N. K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthozoa Earth sciences Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology Invertebrate paleontology Marine Paleontology Scleractinia
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