Llanfallteg Fm (Arenig portion), Whitland, UK (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 5.0° W: paleocoordinates 66.0° S, 20.5° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Llanfallteg Formation, Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray shale

• Soft, fissile gray shale

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 3706: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 07.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Glossograptus sp.
 Graptoloidea - Sinograptidae
Acrograptus sp.
Acrograptus sp. graptolite
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Ectillaenus sp.
Ectillaenus sp. Salter 1867 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis sp.
Selenopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide sp.
Dionide sp. Barrande 1847 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Seleneceme sp.
Seleneceme sp. Clark 1924 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp.
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Stapeleyella sp.
Stapeleyella sp. Whittard 1955 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Barrandia sp.
Barrandia sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Ellipsotaphrus sp., Microparia sp., Novakella sp., Pricyclopyge sp., Girvanopyge sp.
Ellipsotaphrus sp. Whittard 1952 trilobite
Microparia sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Novakella sp. Whittard 1961 trilobite
Pricyclopyge sp. Richter and Richter 1954 trilobite
Girvanopyge sp. Kobayashi 1960 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Ormathops sp.
Ormathops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Placoparia sp.
Placoparia sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
"Corrugatagnostus sp." = Corrugatagnostus, "Segmentagnostus sp." = Corrugatagnostus
"Corrugatagnostus sp." = Corrugatagnostus Kobayashi 1939
"Segmentagnostus sp." = Corrugatagnostus Kobayashi 1939