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A trace fossil from the Lower Dalradian, Co. Donegal, Eire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. J. Wolfe
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Queen's University, Belfast.

Summary

A new interpretation of a polygonal pattern of ridges in the Marble Hill Dolomitic Limestone, at Ballymore, suggests that it was formed by a soft-bodied, worm-like organism.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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