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II.—Notes on the Physical Character and Thickness of the Upper Silurian Rocks of Shropshire, with the Brachiopoda they Contain grouped in Geological Horizons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Thomas Davidson  and
George Maw
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Shropshire was always considered by Sir Roderick Murchison as one of the districts in which his Upper Silurian rocks could be most advantageously studied.1 We propose, therefore, in this communication to offer some few notes on the Geology and Palæntology of the Wenlock and Ludlow series; illustrated by the Brachiopoda, reserving for the present what we may have to communicate with respect to the Upper Llandovery.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , March 1881 , pp. 100 - 109
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1881

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page 100 note 1 We follow Sir Roderick Murchison's classification of the Lower Palaeozoic formations, for no geologist worked harder to unravel the complications under which the Upper and Lower Silurian rocks were shrouded. The publication of the “ Silurian System” in 1839, with all its imperfections and on the model of Smith's “ Strata identified by Organized Fossils,” did more than any other work to stimulate researches in the right direction all over the world. See also Barrande's important paper “ Du maintien de la nomenclature éetablie par Mr. Murchison,” Congrés International de Géologie, p. 101, Paris, 1878.