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VII.—Assemblages of Small Spores from the Lower Oil-shale Group of Scotland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2012
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Assemblages of small spores are described from the Pumpherston Shell Bed, the Pumpherston Oil Shales, the Burdiehouse Limestone and a thin coal found within the latter rock in one locality, all from the Lower Oil-shale Group (Viséan) of the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland.
The assemblages from the Oil-shales and the Limestone, rocks generally regarded as being of non-marine origin, are found to be very much alike; and although they show some differences from that of the Pumpherston Shell Bed (a marine shale), all three assemblages have a general similarity of composition. A suggested relation is put forward between this uniformity and the conditions prevailing in the area of the Midland Valley of Scotland during deposition of the beds. Correlation with other areas is discussed. Five new species and ten new types are described.
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- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , 1959 , pp. 99 - 126
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- Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1959
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