Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 3.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 7.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)
• Roof of the Swansea Four Feet Seam. Westphalian B according to Waters et al. (2009).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by David Davies
• Repository: National Museum of Wales
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 216539: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Xiphosura | |
Euproops sp. Meek 1867 |