Leintwardine Beds
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| age = Silurian
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The Leintwardine Beds is a geologic formation in England. It preserves marine fossils, notably of the brachiopod Lingula, dating back to the Ludlow stage of the late Silurian period.{{cite journal |last1=Cherns |first1=Lesley |title=The environmental significance of Lingula in the Ludlow Series of the Welsh Borderland and Wales |journal=Lethaia |date=January 1979 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=35–46 |doi=10.1111/j.1502-3931.1979.tb01240.x |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1979.tb01240.x |language=en |issn=0024-1164|url-access=subscription }}
See also
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References
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- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}
Category:Geologic formations of England
Category:Silurian System of Europe
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