Where: Wales, United Kingdom (52.7° N, 3.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 33.4° S, 68.4° W (Wright 2013)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Graig-wen Sandstone Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: P. J. Brenchley, J. D. Marshall, D. A. T. Harper, C. J. Buttler, and C. J. Underwood. 2006. A late Ordovician (Hirnantian) karstic surface in the submarine channel, recording glacio-eustatic sea-level changes: Meifod, central Wales. Geological Journal 41:1-22 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152183: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Plectothyrella crassicostis" = Plectothyrella crassicosta
"Plectothyrella crassicostis" = Plectothyrella crassicosta Dalman 1828 | |
"Hindella crassa incipiens" = Hindella incipiens
"Hindella crassa incipiens" = Hindella incipiens Williams 1951 | |
Hirnantia sagittifera, "Kinnella kielanae" = Kinnella medlicotti
Hirnantia sagittifera McCoy 1851
"Kinnella kielanae" = Kinnella medlicotti Reed 1915 | |
Dalmanella testudinaria Dalman 1828 |