Horderleyella/Bryo Comm Samp F34, Flags and Grits, Ffairfach Group: Late/Upper Llanvirn, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae
Hyalostelia fasicula
30 individuals
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae
Horderleyella sp. Bancroft 1928
31 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella parva Williams 1949
18 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula triangularis
1 individual
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Macrocoelia llandeiloensis (Davidson 1871)
4 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia edgelliana (Davidson 1869)
1 individual
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
18 individuals
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
21 individuals
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata
Cryptostomata indet. Vine 1884
2 individuals
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Basilicus tyrannus (Murchison 1839)
14 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom
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
Key time interval:Late/Upper Llanvirn
Age range of interval:461.30000 - 458.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Flags and Grits
Local section:Ffairfach Local bed:F34
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Ffairfach Section Sample F34
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 sandstone
Environment:shoreface
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:69566
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:A. Miller
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-02-27 16:49:09 Last modified:2011-10-18 01:29:34
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-27 16:49:08
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]