Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils, Fossils of the Rhaetian Penarth Group

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

AvSwift,Martill,Andrew Swift,David M. Martill

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The Rhaetian Penarth Group includes the former Westbury Beds, Cotham Beds, and White Lias. It crops out in a narrow strip from the Devon and Dorset coast to the mouth of the Tees, and is particularly well known from the exposures along the Bristol Channel. This diverse suite of late Triassic sedimentary rocks is internationally famous for the fossils that it yields, most notably from the bone beds. Coverage is comprehensive, with separate chapters on foraminifera, gastropods, bivalves, crustaceans, insects, echinoderms, other invertebrates, conodonts, fish, tetrapods, trace fossils and plants. There are background chapters on sedimentology, stratigraphy and the formation of the bone beds. The guide is copiously illustrated with specimens from all major UK public collections of Penarth Group fossils illustrated on 26 plates and 30 text-figures. It will be of use both to collectors who want to know more about this diverse and interesting suite of fossils, as well as to students of of geology who wish to understand their conditions of deposition and accumulation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1999-11-08
Mått140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalaentology FG Fossils
Antal sidor316
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9780901702654

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Andrew Swift is presently Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Associate Director of the National Wind Institute at Texas Tech University, where his focus is on wind energy education and workforce development. His previous academic appointments include Director of the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech and Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso.

1. INTRODUCTION-THE PENARTH GROUP 9 Andrew Swift and David M. Martin 2. STRATIGRAPHY (INCLUDING BIOSTRATIGRAPHY) 15 Andrew Swift2. BRIEF HISTORY OF PALAEONTOLOGICAL STUDIES 31 Andrew Swift4. ASPECTS OF THE SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE WESTBURY FORMATION 39 Joe H.S. Macquaker5. BONE BEDS OF, THE WESTBURY FORMATION 49 David M. Martin6. FORAMINIFERA 65 David M. Martin and Andrew Swift7. GASTROPODS 75 Michael J. Barker and Martin C. Munt8. BIVALVES 83 Hugh C. Ivimey-Cook, Peter Hodges, Andrew Swift and Jonathan D. Radley9. ARTHROPODS 1: CRUSTACEANS 129 Ian D. Boomer, Christopher J. Duffin and Andrew Swift10. ARTHROPODS 2: INSECTS 149 M.A. Jarzembowski11. ECHINODERMS 161 Andrew Swift12. OTHER INVERTEBRATES 169 Andrew Swift13. CONODONTS 183 Andrew Swift14. FISH 191 Christopher J. Duffin15. TETRAPODS 223 Glenn W. Storrs16. TRACE FOSSILS 239 Andrew Swift and Christopher J. Duffin17. PLANTS 251 Andrew SwiftReferences 257Systematic Index 299