Carmathen Lower Tremadoc deep shelf, Wales, UK ( of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 73.8° S, 21.6° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cressagian (486.5 - 482.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale and siltstone

• Shale and siltstone

Primary reference: R. M. Owens, R. A. Fortey, J. C. W. Cope, A. W. A. Rushton, and M. G. Bassett. 1982. Tremadoc faunas from the Carmarthen District, South Wales. Geological Magazine 119(1):1-38 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3663: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 06.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Clonograptus sp. Nicholson 1873 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Adelograptus sp. Bulman 1941 graptolite
Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Eurytreta sp. Rowell 1966
 Acrotretida - Torynelasmatidae
? Torynelasma sp. Cooper 1956
originally entered as "Torynelasma? sp."
 Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Broeggeria sp. Walcott 1902
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
originally entered as "Lingula" sp."
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Trilobita
 Olenida - Eulomidae
Proteuloma sp. Sdzuy 1958 trilobite
 Olenida - Olenidae
"? Beltella sp." = Leptoplastides, Parabolinella sp.
"? Beltella sp." = Leptoplastides Raw 1908 trilobite
originally entered as "Beltella? sp."
Parabolinella sp. Brögger 1882 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Shumardia sp. Billings 1862 trilobite
originally entered as "Shumardia" sp."
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Dichelepyge sp. Harrinton and Leanza 1952 trilobite
Pseudohysterolenus sp. Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite
Macropyge sp. Stubblefield 1927 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Niobella sp." = Niobe (Niobella)
"Niobella sp." = Niobe (Niobella) Reed 1931 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Platypeltoides sp. Pribyl 1949 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pharostomatidae
Pharostomina sp. Sdzuy 1955 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida -
Leiagnostus sp. Jaekel 1909
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Neoagnostus sp. Kobayashi 1955