Clorinda community, Llandovery District: Llandovery, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
starfish
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
.5 %-specimens
crinoid
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea
? Graptoloidea indet. Lapworth 1875
sporadic category
graptolites - originally entered as "? Graptoloidea indet."
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
2 %-specimens
bryozoan
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
.25 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Pentlandina sp. Bancroft 1949
.25 %-specimens
originally entered as "Pentlandia sp."
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
2 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
.5 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Pholidostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
6 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
12 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
.25 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia sp. Bancroft 1949
7 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Streptis sp. Davidson 1881
.25 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Eocoelia sp. Nikiforova 1961
.25 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida
Pentamerida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
.25 %-specimens
pentamerid
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
10 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Glassiidae
Glassia sp. Davidson 1881
19 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
6 %-specimens
Plectatrypa sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
1 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Cyrtia sp. Dalman 1828
14 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida
Orthida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1932
1 %-specimens
orthid
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928
6 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
2 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
1 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
.25 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
3 %-specimens
originally entered as "Skenidoides sp."
Gastropoda - Archaeogastropoda
.25 %-specimens
gastropod - originally entered as "? Archaeogastropoda indet."
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
cephalopods, straight and coiled nautiloids
Malacostraca - Phyllocarida
.25 %-specimens
indet. arthropod - originally entered as "? Phyllocarida indet."
Ostracoda
ostracodes
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
? Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844
.25 %-specimens
originally entered as "? Encrinurus sp."
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
? Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822
.25 %-specimens
indet. trilobite - originally entered as "? Calymene sp."
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
1 %-specimens
rugosan
Anthozoa
Tabulata indet. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
.5 %-specimens
favositid
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Wales County:Carmarthenshire
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 3.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.5° South, 63.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Llandovery
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1
*Epoch:Late/Upper Llandovery
Key time interval: Llandovery Zone:  Cycle V
Age range of interval: 443.8 - 433.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "upper Lland. C5"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "shale"
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: "offshore BA5. geosynclinal"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Ziegler et al. 1968, McKerrow 1978"
Metadata
Database number:465
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-12-15 11:01:56 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1998-12-15 11:01:56
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
60994. W. S. McKerrow. 1979. Ordovician and Silurian changes in sea level. Journal of the Geological Society 136:137-144 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

61202 A. M. Ziegler, L. R. M. Cocks, and R. K. Bambach. 1968. The composition and structure of Lower Silurian marine communities. Lethaia 1:1-27 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]