Neseuretus facies at Carmathen, South Wales, UK (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 66.3° S, 19.1° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified mudstone and shale

• Micaceous mudstone and shale, immediately above unfossiliferous, bioturbated coarse conglomerate and rippled, laminated sandstone; shallow nearshore, quiet water setting; lagoonal

changed from "shale + shale" to "mudstone + shale" by JA

Primary reference: R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens. 1978. Early Ordovician (Arenig) stratigraphy and faunas of the Carmarthen District, southwest Wales. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 30(3):225-294 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3686: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 06.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Unioni - Lyrodesmatidae
Lyrodesma sp.
Lyrodesma sp. Conrad 1841 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp.
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Monobolina sp.
Monobolina sp. Salter 1866
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Merlinia sp.
Merlinia sp. Fortey and Owens 1978 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp.
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp.
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873 trilobite