Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.0° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.5° S, 7.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: micrornatus-newportensis zone, St. Maughan's Group, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)
• 6.1 m from the surface
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, green siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: adpression, coalified, original carbon, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical,
Primary reference: C. H. Wellman, K. Habgood, G. Jenkins and J. B. Richardson. 2000. A new plant assemblage (microfossil and megafossil) from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin: its implications for the palaeoecology of early terrestrial ecosystems. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 109:161-196 [P. Gensel/M. Kotyk]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10997: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Michele Kotyk on 09.07.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Tarrantia salopensis, Tortilicaulis transwallensis, Synorisporites sp., Cymbohilates disponerous, Laevolancis divellomedia, Laevolancis plicata, Cymbohilates variabilis, Cymbohilates sp., Cymbohilates sp., Dyadospora murusattenuata, Dyadospora murusdensa, Tetrahedraletes medinensis, Ambitisporites avitus, Ambitisporites dilutus, Aneurospora spp., Archaeozonotriletes chulus, Chelinospora sp., Plantae indet., Plantae indet., Plantae indet., Plantae indet.
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| Zosterophyllum | |
| Retusotriletes | |
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| Psilophytopsida | |
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Cooksonia hemisphaerica Lang 1937 | |
| Hostinella | |
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| Apiculiretusispora | |
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Apiculiretusispora spp. Streel 1964 | |