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Journal of the Geological Society; 1990; v. 147; issue.4; p. 607-610;
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.147.4.0607
© 1990 Geological Society of London

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Arenig biostratigraphy and correlation in the Welsh Basin

R. A. FORTEY1 & R. M. OWENS2

1 Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
2 Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff CF1 3NP, UK

Recent work on the Arenig Series in the Welsh Basin is reviewed; it is now known to be far more complete and richly fossiliferous than has been supposed. Three regional stages, Moridunain, Whitlandian and Fennian, and seven trilobite-based biozones have been defined. Outstanding problems are highlighted, among which remains the definition of a stratotype for a base for the series, for which there appears to be only one feasible candidate in this area, in the Shelve inlier.