Penylan Quarry, Pen-y-lan (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.5° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° S, 14.2° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pen-y-lan Mudstone Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: F. M'Coy. 1851. On some new Silurian Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 77:45-63 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156583: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Holopella gracilior n. gen. n. sp.
Holopella gracilior n. gen. n. sp. M'Coy 1851 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Poleumita rugosa Sowerby 1814 snail