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Position of the Callovian Stage of the Jurassic

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DR. D. V. AGER has recently reported the views of the British Mesozoic Committee on the conclusions of the colloquium held at Luxembourg in 1962 on the stages of the Mesozoic of the Mediterranean countries1. This present communication is intended to show that not all British geologists interested in the subject accept these conclusions.

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MELVILLE, R., MUIR-WOOD, H., CASEY, R. et al. Position of the Callovian Stage of the Jurassic. Nature 202, 282–283 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202282a0

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