Quarry on Lleithyr Farm, Dyfed, Porth Gain Beds (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
Where: United Kingdom (51.9° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 68.4° S, 21.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Porth Gain Bed Member (Ogof Hen Formation), Whitlandian (473.8 - 470.7 Ma)
• PJW: Was Moridunian, but Porth Gain beds (sometimes put in Porth Gain formation) are Whitlandian.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. K. Donovan. 1984. Ramseyocrinus and Ristnacrinus from the Ordovician of Britain. Palaeontology 27:623-634 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 166617: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 20.02.2015
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Crinoidea | |
"Dendrocrinus cambriensis" = Ramseyocrinus cambriensis
"Dendrocrinus cambriensis" = Ramseyocrinus cambriensis Hicks 1873 Sea lily |