Derfel Gorge, near Arenig, Derfel Lmst. Fm. (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (52.9° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° S, 18.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Derfel Formation, Burrellian (456.6 - 452.5 Ma)

• "Derfel Lmst. Fm.= lower Burrellian", in Cocks (2010)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. R. Cocks. 2010. Caradoc Strophomenoid and Plectambonitoid Brachiopods from Wales and the Welsh Borderland. Palaeontology 53(5):1155-1200 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173772: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Leangella (Leptestiina) derfelensis" = Leptestiina derfelensis
"Leangella (Leptestiina) derfelensis" = Leptestiina derfelensis Jones 1928
Leangella (Leptestiina) derfelensis derfelensis