Where: Wales, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° S, 17.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Huttagraptus acinaces graptolite zone, Cwmere Formation, Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray mudstone and black shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. J. Melchin, J. R. Davies , A. Boom, J. De Weirdt, A. J. McIntyre, C. Russell, T. R. A. Vandenbroucke and J. A. Zalasiewicz. 2023. Integrated stratigraphical study of the Rhuddanian-Aeronian (Llandovery, Silurian) boundary succession in the Rheidol Gorge, Wales: a proposed Global Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Aeronian Stage. Lethaia 56(1):1-23 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 235695: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.07.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pribylograptus argutus, Pribylograptus cf. angustus, Pernerograptus sp., Pernerograptus bicornis, Coronograptus cyphus
Pribylograptus cf. angustus graptolite
Pernerograptus sp. Přibyl 1941 graptolite
Coronograptus cyphus Lapworth 1876 graptolite | |
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Metaclimacograptus undulatus Kurek 1882 graptolite
Rhaphidograptus toernquisti Elles and Wood 1906 graptolite | |
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Pseudorthograptus sp. graptolite | |