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I.—On Olenellus Callavei and its Geological Relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Charles Lapworth
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In the year 1888 I published a short paper in the pages of the Geological Magazine and in “Nature,” in which I gave a brief account of the discovery of the fauna of the Olenellus (or Lower Cambrian) zone in the Comley or Hollybush Sandstone of Shropshire. Since that date great advances have been made in our knowledge of the Olenellus fauna of other areas, and the Olenellus zone has now generally attained an established rank and systematic position in the Geological Record as the basal zone of the Cambrian system.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 8 , Issue 12 , December 1891 , pp. 529 - 536
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1891

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page 532 note 1 Paradoxidis Groomii, sp. nov. In general form and size intermediate between Par. Harlani (Green) and Par. Davidis (Salter). Length 8 to 9 inches, breadth 5½. Head semi-circular, with pointed genal spines from two to three inches in length. Glabella prominent, clavate, more than half its length being occupied by the broadly rounded and smooth frontal lobe. Hypostoma of the type of that of Par. Bohemicus (Boeck). Pleurœ (no ?) falcate, and sharply pointed. Pygidium a raised disc with central tubercle; embraced laterally by long, sabre-like, distally-diverging spines. Localities. Neves Castle (Lapw., 1889) and Comley (Groom, 1890). Named after T. Theo. Groom, Esq., B.Sc., who first collected fragments sufficient for description.

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