East of Cwm Clyd (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 3.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 16.9° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)

• no formation name given. these horizons are biostrat comparable to A2-3 sequence of Llandovery.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, burrowed, concretionary, argillaceous, sandy siltstone and sandstone

• fine blue-grey siltstone or muddy sandstone with rare sandy laminae. riddled with chondrites-type burrows. concretions up to 30 cm diam. rare pebbles usually of vein quartz.

Primary reference: A. Williams and A. D. Wright. 1981. The Ordovician-Silurian boundary in the Garth area of southwest Powys, Wales. Geological Journal 16:1-39 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8407: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 11.07.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Zygospirididae indet.
zygospiridid
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
solitary rugose coral
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
reticulate gastropod
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalidae indet. White 1877 snail
euomphalid
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
? Platyceratidae indet. Hall 1859 snail
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
spire bearer indet.
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia sp. Lamont 1935
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella scissa Davidson 1871
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
? Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
"Eoplectodonta duplicata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duplicata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
"Eoplectodonta mullochensis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duplicata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
"Eoplectodonta undulata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duplicata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Strophomenida -
"Plectambonitacea indet." = Plectambonitoidea
"Plectambonitacea indet." = Plectambonitoidea Jones 1928
plectambonitacean
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Harknessellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Eocoelia sp. Nikiforova 1961
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Eospirigerina gaspeensis Schuchert and Cooper 1930
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
"Cryptothyrella angustifrons" = Hindella, "? Cryptothyrella sp." = Hindella
"Cryptothyrella angustifrons" = Hindella
"? Cryptothyrella sp." = Hindella Davidson 1882
Articulata
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Articulata indet.
articulate