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Wenlock plant spores and tetrads from County Mayo, Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

David G. Smith
David G. Smith*
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Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Summary

A rock sample from the Lettergesh Formation, most probably from the centrifugus Zone of the early Wenlock on graptolite evidence, has yielded microfossils including spores, most of which occur in tetrads. The spores are described and illustrated and are compared with Ambitisporites avitus Hoffmeister.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 112 , Issue 4 , July 1975 , pp. 411 - 414
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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