Where: Wales, United Kingdom (52.2° N, 3.4° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 18.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Llanfawr Mudstone Formation, Sandbian (458.4 - 453.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: J. P. Botting. 2004. An exceptional Caradoc sponge fauna from the Llanfawr Quarries, central Wales and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):31-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120630: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Cyathophycus loydelli Botting 2004 glass sponge |