Clydach Merthyr Colliery, roof of Graigola Seam (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 3.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pennant Formation, Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• Pennant Series (Shales associated with the Graigola Seam)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

• South Wales coalfield, deposited in Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BGS

• Repository: Museum of Practical Geology (specimens now likely at BGS)

Primary reference: H. Bolton. 1911. On a collection of insect-remains from the south Wales coalfield. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 67:149-174 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127543: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 17.05.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Euphoberiida - Euphoberiidae
? Euphoberia sp.1
? Euphoberia sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1868 millipede
Possibly same as Pleurojulus levis?
 Pleurojulida - Pleurojulidae
Pleurojulus levis3
Pleurojulus levis3 Fritsch 1899 millipede
BGS 47890(1)
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
"Euproops graigolae n. sp." = Euproops danae1, "Prestwichianella nitida n. sp." = Euproops danae1
"Euproops graigolae n. sp." = Euproops danae1 Meek and Worthen 1865
BGS 25424
"Prestwichianella nitida n. sp." = Euproops danae1 Meek and Worthen 1865
BGS 48532
Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Asemoblatta glamorgana n. sp.2
Asemoblatta glamorgana n. sp.2 Handlirsch 1920 cockroach
Museum of Practical Geology 24512
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
"Orthomylacris lanceolata n. sp." = Sooblatta boltoniana
"Orthomylacris lanceolata n. sp." = Sooblatta boltoniana Schneider 1983 cockroach
Museum of Practical Geology 24511
 Blattodea -
Sooblattella britannica n. gen. n. sp.2
Sooblattella britannica n. gen. n. sp.2 Handlirsch 1920 cockroach
Museum of Practical Geology 25413
1Dix and Pringle 1929; 2Handlirsch 1920; 3Wilson and Hannibal 2005