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IN 1894 Bennie1 recorded abundant remains of this notostracan in association with arctic plant fossils at several localities near Edinburgh in deposits almost certainly of late-glacial age. He2 found further specimens at Kirkmichael and near Ballaugh in the Isle of Man. There are also old records from Denmark and Sweden3. Many late-glacial deposits have been investigated in north-west Europe in recent years, but Lepidurus arcticus has not been found.
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MITCHELL, G. Late-glacial Finds of Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas) in the British Isles. Nature 180, 513 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180513a0
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