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NEW preparations have been made from new samples taken at the coal face in the Brora mine in 1955 (with the kind permission and assistance of the manager). These came from various levels in the coal, above it (in the mine), and below it in the shore exposure, but they showed no trace of the angiosperm pollen attributed to the Nymphaeaceae by Simpson1. We have also re-examined the original slides which were very generously sent to us by Dr. Simpson.
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HUGHES, N., COUPER, R. Palynology of the Brora Coal of the Scottish Middle Jurassic. Nature 181, 1482–1483 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811482a0
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