Hol Beck: Hirnantian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
? Hirnantia kielanae Temple 1965
99 specimens
synonym of Kinnella medlicotti
Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy 1851)
91 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella testudinaria (Dalman 1828)
33 specimens
original and current combination Orthis testudinaria
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Plectothyrella platystrophoides Temple 1965
48 specimens
synonym of Plectothyrella crassicosta
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
? Platymena polonica Temple 1965
23 specimens
synonym of Paromalomena macmahoni
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (M'Coy 1851)
35 specimens
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
? Philhedra stawyensis Temple 1965
2 specimens
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Bala
Coordinates: 54.4° North, 2.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° South, 16.4° 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 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hirnant Limestone Member:Dalmanitina bed
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:151589
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-08 07:02:54 Last modified:2013-10-07 15:02:54
Access level:the public Released:2013-10-08 07:02:54
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]