Also known as Halfway Quarry
Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° S, 11.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Roman Camp Beds Member (Whitcliffe Formation), Ludfordian to Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)
• Faunal evidence discussed by Potter and Price (1965) usggests a late Ludlow age for these strata, a conclusion supported by the microfossils.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; gray siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: adpression, coalified, original carbon, original sporopollenin, replaced with pyrite
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), chemical, peel or thin section,
• Amalgamation from Heard, 1935; Edwards, 1970; Edwards & Davies, 1976; Edwards, 1982; and Edwards & Rogerson, 1979; Cleal & Thomas, 1995
Primary reference: D. Edwards. 1970. Fertile Rhyniophytina from the Lower Devonian of Britain. Palaeontology 13(3):451-461 [P. Gensel/M. Kotyk]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10634: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Michele Kotyk on 08.06.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
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unclassified | |
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Hostinella | |
Hostinella sp.1 Barrande 1882 | |
Psilophytopsida | |
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Nematoplexus | |
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Prototaxites | |
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Nematothallus | |
Nematothallus sp.1 Lang 1937 numerous cuticle types Nematothallus. Believed to derive from non-vascular plants
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Rhyniaceae | |
Steganotheca striata3 Edwards 1970 |