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- ↑ Wiltshire (including Swindon). Natural England. Our work: England's geology. http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/geodiversity/englands/counties/area_ID39.aspx Accessed 3 August 2013
- ↑ Forests of the Dinosaurs: Wiltshire’s Jurassic Finale. John E Needham. Hobnob Press 30/09/2011. ISBN 9781906978013. https://www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/forests-of-the-dinosaurs-wiltshires-jurassic-finale-by-john-e-needham
- 1 2 Purbeck Formation - Jurassic-Cretaceous. Lithology, fauna, facies and palaeoenvironments. Geology of the Dorset Coast. Ian West, Romsey, Hampshire and School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton University, Southampton. 2009. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/purbfac.htm accessed 5 August 2013
- ↑ Harris, T.M. 1939. British Purbeck Charophyta. British Museum (Natural History). London, Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, Issued 22 April 1939. 83 pp + 17 plates. (by Professor Thomas Maxwell Harris). As reported in: Purbeck Formation - Jurassic-Cretaceous. Lithology, fauna, facies and palaeoenvironments. Geology of the Dorset Coast. Ian West, Romsey, Hampshire and School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton University, Southampton. 2009. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/purbfac.htm accessed 5 August 2013
- 1 2 Natural England fact sheet on Teffont Evias Quarry Lane Cutting. COUNTY: WILTSHIRE. SITE NAME: TEFFONT EVIAS QUARRY/LANE CUTTING Status: Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002868&SiteName=Teffont&countyCode=48&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= accessed 5 Jan 2025
- ↑ An introduction to the fossil arthropods of Great Britain. D. Palmer, Jarzembowski, E.A., Siveter, Derek J., Palmer, D. and Selden, P.A. (2010) Fossil Arthropods of Great Britain, Geological Conservation Review Series, No. 35, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 294 pages, illustrations, A4 hardback, ISBN 978 1 86107 486 7. Chapter 1 page 43. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/V35Chap1.pdf accessed 3 August 2013.
- ↑ An introduction to the fossil arthropods of Great Britain. D. Palmer, Jarzembowski, E.A., Siveter, Derek J., Palmer, D. and Selden, P.A. (2010) Fossil Arthropods of Great Britain, Geological Conservation Review Series, No. 35, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, 294 pages, illustrations, A4 hardback, ISBN 978 1 86107 486 7. Chapter 1 page 15. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/V35Chap1.pdf accessed 3 August 2013.