Small Naiadites obesus from the Calciferous Sandstone Series (Lower Carboniferous) of Fife
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Small specimens of Naiadites occur at two horizons in the Calciferous Sandstone Series of Eastern Fife. At one horizon the small shells constitute an indigenous 'life-assemblage' (now a fossil community), and are described as dwarfed, whereas at the other the shells are exotic, comprising a fossil assemblage that should be termed a 'pebble necrocoenosis'. Variation is illustrated, and the affinities of these small Naiadites are re-examined. All are referred to the species N. obesus s.l.
Palaeontology - Volume 4 Part 2 Pages 300-311Palaeontology - Volume 4 Part 2 Pages 300-311
Citations
BENNISON, G. M. 1961. Small Naiadites obesus from the Calciferous Sandstone Series (Lower Carboniferous) of Fife. Palaeontology, 4, 2, 300–311.