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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Clitambonitid informal gen et. sp. indet.
Plectoambonitidae indet.
Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa
Pyritonema sp. McCoy 1850
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Parabasilicus sp. Kobayashi 1934
synonym of Basilicus
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Broeggerolithus sp. Lamont 1935
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930
Estoniops alifrons (McCoy 1851)
original and current combination Phacops alifrons
Chasmops cambrensis Whittington 1962
recombined as Scopelochasmops cambrensis
x
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Kloucekia sp. Delo 1935
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Deacybele pauca Whittington 1965
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Brongniartella sp. Reed 1918
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae
Lingulasma tenuigranulatum
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leptestiina sp. Opik 1933
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Eoplectodonta rhombica (M'Coy 1852)
recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) rhombica
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomenidae indet. King 1846
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Kjaerina sp. Bancroft 1929
Kiaeromena sp. Spjeldnaes 1957
Kiaeromena kjerulfi (Holtedahl 1916)
recombined as Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) kjerulfi
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Vellamo sp. Opik 1930
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Bicuspina spiriferoides
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Dalmanella cf. modica Williams 1963
Howellites sp. (Bancroft 1945)
original and current combination Resserella (Howellites)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae
Reuschella sp. Bancroft 1928
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhactorthidae
Rhactorthis sp. Williams 1963
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Cremnorthidae
Cremnorthis parva Williams 1963
was Conolichas sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sublimis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
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 - Productorthidae
Nicolella actoniae (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
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:middle Late Ordovician 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Middle Caradoc
*International age/stage:Soudleyan - Marshbrookian *Local age/stage:Soudleyan - Marshbrookian
Key time interval:Woolstonian
Age range of interval:455.80000 - 452.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
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:3305
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Wagner Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-29 09:26:39 Last modified:2018-03-28 21:36:29
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-29 09:26:39
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]