Schizocrania assem. Sample F17, Flags and Grits, Ffairfach, Wales, UK: Late Llanvirn, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hexactinellida
- Lyssacinosa
- Stiodermatidae
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Hyalostelia fasicula
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
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Trepostomata indet.
Ulrich 1882
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Inarticulata
- Inarticulata
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Inarticulata indet.
Huxley 1869
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Dalmanella parva
Williams 1949
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46 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Glyptorthidae
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Glyptorthis viriosa
Williams 1974
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Triplesiidae
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Triplesia edgelliana
(Davidson 1869)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Basilicus tyrannus
(Murchison 1839)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Tetradellidae
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Tallinnella sp.
Opik 1937
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Wales |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 4.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.0° South, 19.7° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Middle Ordovician |
| Stage: | Darriwilian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 3 |
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Llandeilo |
| Key time interval: | Late Llanvirn | ||
| Age range of interval: | 461.3 - 458.4 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Flags and Grits | ||||
| Local section: | Ffairfach | Local bed: | F17 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Ffairfach Section Sample F17
JA: originally entered as Lower Llandeilo and resolved to the formation level, but Upper Llanvirn according to the authors and certainly resolved to the bed level | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopod faunal associations | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3319 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall, A. Miller |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-29 13:28:31 | Last modified: | 2018-11-26 16:40:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-29 13:28:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 162. | A. Williams, M. G. Lockley, and J. M. Hurst. 1981. Benthic palaeocommunities represented in the Ffairfach Group and coeval Ordovician successions of Wales. Palaeontology 24(4):661-694 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/J. Alroy] |