Graig-wen Quarries along A495 (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Plectothyrella crassicostis" = Plectothyrella crassicosta
"Plectothyrella crassicostis" = Plectothyrella crassicosta Dalman 1828
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
"Hindella crassa incipiens" = Hindella incipiens
"Hindella crassa incipiens" = Hindella incipiens Williams 1951
 Orthida - Draboviidae
"Kinnella kielanae" = Kinnella medlicotti Reed 1915
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae