Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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CARLOPSINA. Geol. A lower carboniferous brachiopod fossil (1954 Proc. Leeds Philos. Soc. (Science) VI. 3. 183).
[Called by F. R. C. Reed from Carlops, in Peeblesshire.]
