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| Comley Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: 519-509 Ma | |
| Location | |
| Location | Comley, Shropshire, UK |

The Comley Limestone is an Early Cambrian Lagerstätte[citation needed] exposed in Comley, Shropshire, England. It is known for its phosphatic microfossils, which can be extracted by acid maceration and are preserved in three dimensions in a similar fashion to the Orsten fossils.[1] It represents around 10 million years of deposition, and was deposited from 519 to 501 million years ago.[2] Fossils from the formation include the phosphatocopine arthropod Klausmuelleria.[3]
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[edit]- ↑ "'Orsten' on World-Wide Scale". www.core-orsten-research.de.
- ↑ Harvey, T. H. P.; Williams, M.; Condon, D. J.; Wilby, P. R.; Siveter, D. J.; Rushton, A. W. A.; Leng, M. J.; Gabbott, S. E. (2011). "A refined chronology for the Cambrian succession of southern Britain". Journal of the Geological Society. 168 (3): 705–716. Bibcode:2011JGSoc.168..705H. doi:10.1144/0016-76492010-031. hdl:2381/19253. S2CID 129176046.
- ↑ Siveter, David J.; Williams, Mark; Waloszek, Dieter (20 July 2001). "A Phosphatocopid Crustacean with Appendages from the Lower Cambrian". Science. 293 (5529): 479–481. doi:10.1126/science.1061697. ISSN 0036-8075.