Lower Cambrian halkieriids from Oxfordshire, UK

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: CONWAY MORRIS, S., McILROY, D., RUSHTON, A. W. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
• Subjects: Geology; Greenland; Sirius; Newfoundland; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756898001198; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756898001198

Lower Cambrian sediments from the Withycombe Farm borehole (Oxfordshire) yield isolated halkieriid sclerites. All bear prominent ridges, and most appear to be either cultrates or palmates, although distinction between the two in the available material is generally difficult. Two other sclerites are...