Diamond Colliery, Ystradgynlais (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 7.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• Shales associated with the Brass Vein (Westphalian B according to Eager, 1987).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified, black shale

• South Wales coalfield, deposited in Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by W.D. Ware; reposited in the BGS

Primary reference: E. Dix and J. Pringle. 1929. On the fossil Xiphosura from the South Wales Coalfield with a note on the myriapod Euphoberia. Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology for the Year 1928, Part II 90-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216518: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
"Belinurus cf. arcuatus" = Belinurus trilobitoides, "Belinurus concinnus n. sp." = Belinurus trilobitoides
"Belinurus cf. arcuatus" = Belinurus trilobitoides Buckland 1837
"Belinurus concinnus n. sp." = Belinurus trilobitoides Buckland 1837