Westbury_Shales

Westbury Shales

Westbury Shales

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The Westbury Shales is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils of Holcoptera schlotheimi, Saurichthys acuminatus, Coleopteron sp. and Liassophlebia sp. dating back to the Rhaetian period.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Westbury Shales at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and P. Davidson. 2017. Mesozoic Holcoptera (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae) from England and the United States. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 128:659-674
  • R. J. G. Savage and N. F. Large. 1966. On Birgeria acuminata and the absence of labyrinthodonts from the Rhaetic. Palaeontology 9(1):135-141
  • R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40
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