Nicolella community, Berwyn Hills (Lower Pen-y-garnedd) (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Was: Nicolella community, Berwyn Hills

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (53.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.0° S, 17.3° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pen-y-garnedd Formation, Woolstonian (457.2 - 454.0 Ma)

• Was Soudleyan - Marshbrookian. Lower part of formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous siltstone

• Calcareous siltstone; deeper midshelf

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. K. Pickerill and P. J. Brenchley. 1979. Caradoc marine benthic communities of the South Berwyn Hills, North Wales. Palaeontology 22:229-264 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3305: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 29.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Plectoambonitidae indet., Clitambonitid "gen et. sp. indet."
Hexactinellida
 Lyssacinosa -
Pyritonema sp.
Pyritonema sp. McCoy 1850 glass sponge
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp., Dalmanella cf. modica, Howellites sp.
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Dalmanella cf. modica Williams 1963
Howellites sp. Bancroft 1945
 Orthida - Harknessellidae
Reuschella sp.
Reuschella sp. Bancroft 1928
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sublimis
 Orthida - Rhactorthidae
Rhactorthis sp.
Rhactorthis sp. Williams 1963
 Orthida - Cremnorthidae
Cremnorthis parva
Cremnorthis parva Williams 1963
was Conolichas sp.
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis sp.
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella actoniae
Nicolella actoniae de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Dolerorthis prolixa" = Dolerorthis duftonensis prolixa
"Dolerorthis prolixa" = Dolerorthis duftonensis prolixa Williams 1963
Dolerorthis duftonensis prolixa
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula sp.
Rostricellula sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Vellamo sp.
Vellamo sp. Opik 1930
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp., "Eoplectodonta rhombica" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) rhombica
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
"Eoplectodonta rhombica" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) rhombica M'Coy 1852
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leptestiina sp.
Leptestiina sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomenidae indet., Strophomena sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Kiaeromena sp., "Kiaeromena kjerulfi" = Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) kjerulfi, Leptaena sp., Kjaerina sp.
Kiaeromena sp. Spjeldnaes 1957
"Kiaeromena kjerulfi" = Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) kjerulfi Holtedahl 1916
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Kjaerina sp. Bancroft 1929
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Bicuspina spiriferoides
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Obolus sp., Lingulella sp.
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
 Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae
Lingulasma tenuigranulatum
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp.
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp.
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Broeggerolithus sp.
Broeggerolithus sp. Lamont 1935 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Parabasilicus sp." = Basilicus
"Parabasilicus sp." = Basilicus Salter 1849 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calyptaulax sp., "Chasmops cambrensis" = Scopelochasmops cambrensis, Estoniops alifrons
Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930 trilobite
"Chasmops cambrensis" = Scopelochasmops cambrensis Whittington 1962 trilobite
x
Estoniops alifrons McCoy 1851 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Kloucekia sp.
Kloucekia sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Brongniartella sp.
Brongniartella sp. Reed 1918 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Deacybele pauca
Deacybele pauca Whittington 1965 trilobite