Also known as Llyn-y-Llawr
Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 68.7° S, 20.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bolahaul Member (Ogof Hen Formation), Moridunian (477.7 - 473.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, bioturbated, silty, conglomeratic mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Primary reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1996. Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales. Palaeontology 39(4):979-1026 [A. Miller/R. Krause/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87601: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 20.03.2009, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rostroconchia | |
Ribeiria complanata Salter 1859 | |
Bivalvia | |
Ovatoconcha fragilis n. gen. n. sp.
Ovatoconcha fragilis n. gen. n. sp. Awning Clam | |
Pensarnia laeviformis n. gen. n. sp., Paulinea parva n. gen. n. sp.
Pensarnia laeviformis n. gen. n. sp. clam
Paulinea parva n. gen. n. sp. clam | |
Arenigomya carinata n. gen. n. sp.
Arenigomya carinata n. gen. n. sp. clam | |
"Goniophora (Cosmogoniophora) extensa n. sp." = Goniophora (Cosmogoniophora), Modiolopsis "sp. A", Modiolopsis "sp. B", Parallelodus dyfedensis n. sp.
"Goniophora (Cosmogoniophora) extensa n. sp." = Goniophora (Cosmogoniophora) clam
Modiolopsis "sp. A" Hall 1847 clam
Modiolopsis "sp. B" Hall 1847 clam
Parallelodus dyfedensis n. sp. clam | |
Carminodonta crossi n. gen. n. sp., Celtoconcha foveata n. gen. n. sp., Fortowensia grandis n. gen. n. sp.
Carminodonta crossi n. gen. n. sp. clam
Celtoconcha foveata n. gen. n. sp. clam
Fortowensia grandis n. gen. n. sp. clam | |
Moridunia simplicidens n. gen. n. sp.
Moridunia simplicidens n. gen. n. sp. Cope 1996 clam | |
Eurymya sp. Ulrich 1894 clam
Xestoconcha sp. Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam | |
Cleionychia sp. Ulrich 1892 clam | |
Palaeopteria sp. Whiteaves 1897 oyster | |
Glyptarca serrata n. sp.
Glyptarca serrata n. sp. clam | |
Falcatodonta costata n. gen. n. sp.
Falcatodonta costata n. gen. n. sp. clam | |
Cyrtodonta cf. staffordae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam
Cyrtodonta cf. wattii Tate 1896 clam
Cyrtodontula cf. hadzeli Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam | |
Trilobita | |
Merlinia murchisoniae Murchison 1839 trilobite | |
Neseuretus ramseyensis Hicks 1873 trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Petilavenula varifurcata n. gen. n. sp.
Petilavenula varifurcata n. gen. n. sp. Cope 2005 gorgonian |