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Devonian Conodonts in Stratigraphic Succession of Malaya

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IN 1958, when correlating the pre-Tertiary stratigraphic successions then known in Malaya with those in Thailand, Alexander1 indicated that no sediments of Devonian age had been proved in either country at that time, although the possibility existed of their occurrence. During the course of a short visit to Malaya in July–August 1962, at the invitation of the Geological Survey, one of us (K. J. M.)2,3 was given and collected a number of rock specimens for conodont identification.

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ALEXANDER, J., MÜLLER, K. Devonian Conodonts in Stratigraphic Succession of Malaya. Nature 197, 681 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197681a0

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