Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) scolecodont clusters from the Soom Shale Lagerstätte, South Africa

Whittle, Rowan; Gabbott, Sarah; Aldridge, Richard; Theron, Johannes

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Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) scolecodont clusters from the Soom Shale Lagerstätte, South Africa

Rowan Whittle, Sarah Gabbott, Richard Aldridge, and Johannes Theron

Rowan Whittle

Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Current address: British Antarctic Survey, Geological Sciences Division, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK

Sarah Gabbott

Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Richard Aldridge

Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Johannes Theron

Department of Geology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag XI, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa (e-mail )

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