Tears Point, Unit 14 (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 4.3° W: paleocoordinates 13.5° S, 1.1° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus mehli zone, Black Rock Limestone Formation, Ivorian (353.8 - 346.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, dolomitic limestone

• "Beds...were laid down in a continuous shelf environment."
• upper portions of bed are dolomitic limestone, otherwise none given.

Primary reference: M. Mitchell, A. R. E. Strank, B. M. Thornbury and G. D. Sevastopulo. 1986. The distribution of platform conodonts, corals, and foraminifera from the Black Rock Limestone (late Tournaisian and early Visean) of Tears Point, Gower, south Wales. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 46:11-14 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5888: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 09.12.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Rich brachiopod fauna has not been studied here.
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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Protognathodus cordiformis, Gnathodus bulbosus, Gnathodus sp.
Gnathodus sp. conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Pseudopolygnathus pinnatus, Polygnathus mehli
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Allotropiophyllum burringtonense
 Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae
Sychnoelasma konincki
Sychnoelasma konincki horn coral
ssp. konincki
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Fasciculophyllum omaliusi, Fasciculophyllum densum
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia cornucopiae
Caninia cornucopiae Michelin 1840 horn coral
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum patulum
Caninophyllum patulum horn coral
ssp. patulum
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp.
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral