Hirnantian assemblage 1, North Wales, England: Hirnantian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sampo sp. Opik 1933
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta sp. Bancroft 1949
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Hirnantia sp. Lamont 1935
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 53.0° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° South, 16.5° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Ashgill
Key time interval: Hirnantian
Age range of interval: 445.2 - 443.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Environment:shoreface
Geology comments: Laminated sandstone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3677
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-06 12:28:54 Last modified:1999-08-06 15:28:54
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

169. P. J. Brenchley, B. Cullen, and G. Newall. 1982. The environmental distribution of associations belonging to the Hirnantia fauna - evidence from North Wales & Norway. In D. L. Bruton (ed.), Aspects of the Ordovician System 295:113-125 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]