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Fossil earthworm cocoons from a Bronze Age site in Wiltshire, England.

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>12/1992
<mark>Journal</mark>Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Issue number12
Volume24
Number of pages4
Pages (from-to)1255-1258
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Earthworm cocoons, preserved by phosphatic mineralization, have been collected from beneath a Bronze Age midden in southern England. Variations in cocoon size and form suggest that the material originates from more than one species. Fine structural features include superficial longitudinal striations.