Cambrian colliery, Clydach Vale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• Lower Nine-Feet seam

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified, black shale

• South Wales coalfield, deposited in Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by D. Davies

• Repository: National Museum of Wales

Primary reference: H. Bolton. 1930. Fossil insects of the south Wales coalfield. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 86:9-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151383: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Lithomanteidae
Lithosialis daviesii n. sp.
Lithosialis daviesii n. sp. Bolton 1930 winged insect
NMW 27,177 G 33