Mountain Colliery, Gorseinon, roof of Swansea Four Feet Seam (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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

• South Wales coalfield, deposited in Variscan foreland basin

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

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Taxonomic list

Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
Euproops sp. Meek 1867