Nicolella community, Berwyn Hills (Upper Pen-y-garnedd): Woolstonian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea informal ossicles
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira spp.
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites spp.
unclassified
Bryozoa informal stick indet.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora sp. Lonsdale 1844
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Monticulipora sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae
Lingulasma sp.
Lingulasma tenuigranulatum
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Clitambonitidae informal gen et. sp. indet.
Vellamo sp. Opik 1930
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomenidae informal gen et. sp. indet.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Kiaeromena sp. Spjeldnaes 1957
Kiaeromena kjerulfi (Holtedahl 1916)
recombined as Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) kjerulfi
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Plectambonitidae informal gen et. sp. indet.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta rhombica (M'Coy 1852)
recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) rhombica
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Bicuspina spiriferoides
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella actoniae (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis duftonensis (Reed 1910)
Dolerorthis duftonensis prolixa
    = Dolerorthis prolixa Williams 1963
Wagner 2020
original and current combination Dolerorthis duftonensis prolixa
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhactorthidae
Rhactorthis cf. crassa Williams 1963
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sublimis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Cremnorthidae
Cremnorthis parva Williams 1963
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella cf. modica Williams 1963
Howellites spp.
original and current combination Resserella (Howellites)
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Broeggerolithus sp. Lamont 1935
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Deacybele pauca Whittington 1965
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Estoniops alifrons (McCoy 1851)
original and current combination Phacops alifrons
Chasmops cambrensis Whittington 1962
recombined as Scopelochasmops cambrensis
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Brongniartella sp. Reed 1918
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Pharostoma sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
synonym of Prionocheilus
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Wales
Coordinates: 53.0° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.0° South, 17.3° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Sandbian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
Key time interval:Woolstonian
Age range of interval:457.40000 - 454.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pen-y-garnedd
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Was Soudleyan - Marshbrookian. Lower part of formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous siltstone
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Calcareous siltstone; deeper midshelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Was: Nicolella community, Berwyn Hills
Database number:192390
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-03-28 21:39:53 Last modified:2018-03-28 21:39:53
Access level:the public Released:2018-03-28 21:39:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

156. R. K. Pickerill and P. J. Brenchley. 1979. Caradoc marine benthic communities of the South Berwyn Hills, North Wales. Palaeontology 22:229-264 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

65064 P. Wagner. 2020. Subspecies kluges: a pointless taxonomic database to create species opinions for subspecies that then will be over-ruled and allow subspecies occurrences to be recognized as the subspecies rather than the parent species. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]