Aber Hirnant: Hirnantian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (M'Coy 1851)
79 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Plectothyrella platystrophoides Temple 1965
11 specimens
synonym of Atrypa crassicostis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
? Bancroftina cf. bouceki (Havlicek 1950)
81 specimens
Dalmanella testudinaria (Dalman 1828)
3 specimens
original and current combination Orthis testudinaria
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
? Hirnantia kielanae Temple 1965
7 specimens
synonym of Kinnella medlicotti
Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy 1851)
56 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Wales County:Bala
Coordinates: 52.9° North, 3.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° South, 16.9° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Hirnantian
Age range of interval:445.20000 - 443.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hirnant Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:151588
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-08 06:43:33 Last modified:2013-10-07 14:43:33
Access level:the public Released:2013-10-08 06:43:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

98. J. T. Temple. 1965. Upper Ordovician-Brachiopods from Poland and Britain. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 10:379-450 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]