Parakidograptus acuminatus
fossil graptolite
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Silurian–Devonian boundary
- In Silurian Period: Ordovician-Silurian boundary
…use the base of the Parakidograptus acuminatus biozone (a group of concurrent graptolite species) as the base of the Silurian System. The stratotype was fixed at a horizon in Dob’s Linn near Moff in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The effect on sea level of Late Ordovician glaciation, combined with…
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