Llanfallteg Fm (Llanvirn portion), Whitland, UK: Early/Lower Llanvirn, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
- Dichograptidae
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Didymograptus sp.
McCoy 1851
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
- Sinograptidae
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Acrograptus sp.
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Ectillaenus sp.
Salter 1867
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Trilobita
- Odontopleurida
- Odontopleuridae
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Selenopeltis sp.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Dionididae
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Dionide sp.
Barrande 1847
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Alsataspididae
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Seleneceme sp.
Clark 1924
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Raphiophoridae
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Ampyx sp.
(Dalman 1827)
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| original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx) | |||||||
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Trinucleidae
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Stapeleyella sp.
Whittard 1955
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Nileidae
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Barrandia sp.
M'Coy 1849
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Cyclopygidae
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Ellipsotaphrus sp.
Whittard 1952
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Microparia sp.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Novakella sp.
Whittard 1961
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Gastropolus sp.
Whittard 1966
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Cyclopyge sp.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Dalmanitidae
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Ormathops sp.
Delo 1935
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Placoparina sp.
Whittard 1940
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pliomeridae
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Placoparia sp.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Agnostida
- Metagnostidae
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Segmentagnostus sp.
Pek 1977
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 5.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 60.3° South, 20.5° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Middle Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Llanvirn |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Llanvirn | ||
| Age range of interval: | 468.40000 - 461.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Llanfallteg |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: Soft, fissile gray shale | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3707 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-07 09:48:51 | Last modified: | 1999-08-07 12:48:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 173. | R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens. 1978. Early Ordovician (Arenig) stratigraphy and faunas of the Carmarthen District, southwest Wales. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 30(3):225-294 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner] |