Introduction .................................................... 6
Geological setting and lithostratigraphy ........................ 8
Summary of Cambrian chronostratigraphy and acritarch
biostratigraphy ............................................. 13
Review of previous palynological studies ....................... 17
Applied techniques and material studied ........................ 18
Biostratigraphy ................................................ 23
BAMA I - Pulvinosphaeridium antiquum-Pseudotasmanites
Assemblage Zone ................................. 25
BAMA II - Asteridium tornatum-Comasphaeridium velvetum
Assemblage Zone ................................. 27
BAMA III - Ichnosphaera flexuosa-Comasphaeridium
molliculum Assemblage Zone - Acme Zone .......... 30
BAMA IV - Skiagia-Eklundia campanula Assemblage Zone ...... 39
BAMA V - Skiagia-Eklundia varia Assemblage Zone .......... 39
BAMA VI - Volkovia dentifera-Liepaina plana Assemblage
Zone (Moczydlowska, 1991) ....................... 40
BAMA VII - Ammonidium bellulum-Ammonidium notatum
Assemblage Zone ................................. 40
BAMA VIII - Turrisphaeridium semireticulatum Assemblage
Zone - Acme Zone ................................ 41
BAMA IX - Adara alea-Multiplicisphaeridium llynense
Assemblage Zone - Acme Zone ..................... 42
Regional significance of the biostratigraphic results .......... 44
Palaeontological part .......................................... 45
Summary of the results ......................................... 70
References ..................................................... 71
Appendix - List of taxa ........................................ 78
Plates ......................................................... 81
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