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Sponges from the Faringdon Greensand


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The famous pits in the sponge gravels are all at the north end of the main outcrop of the Lower Greensand of Faringdon, between Faringdon and Little Coxwell.

Raphidonema contortum
Raphidonema macropora
Oculospongia dilatata
Oculospongia dilatata
Raphidonema faringdonensis
Raphidonema faringdonensis
Corinella foraminosa
Corinella foraminosa
Raphidonema contortum
Raphidonema contortum
Barroisia clavata
Barroisia clavata
Barroisia anastomosans
Barroisia anastomosans
Elasmocoelia faringdonensis
Elasmocoelia faringdonensis
Raphidonema pustulatum
Raphidonema pustulatum
  Peronidella ramosa
Peridonella ramosa
 

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