East of Wenallt #3: Hirnantian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Problematica indet. Andrews 1970
2 specimens
what else is new
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysitidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
1 specimen
halysitid
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
2 specimens
solitary rugose coral
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
46 specimens
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata
Cyclostomata indet. Busk 1852
1 specimen
cyclostome
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
6 specimens
trepostome
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata
Cryptostomata indet. Vine 1884
12 specimens
cryptostome
unclassified
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
1 specimen
hyolith
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
14 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sampo sp. Opik 1933
2 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena sp. Cocks 1968
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
Strophomenacea indet. King 1846
3 specimens
strophomenacea
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (M'Coy 1851)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia sp. Foerste 1909
6 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
? Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
11 specimens
dalmanellid
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
3 specimens
? Howellites sp. (Bancroft 1945)
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
? Hirnantia sp. Lamont 1935
1 specimen
Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy 1851)
3 specimens
? Kinnella sp. Bergström 1968
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
? Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
? Ptychopleurella sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
1 specimen
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidiellidae
? Portranella sp. Wright 1964
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida
Orthacea indet. Woodward and Schuchert 1852
3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella incipiens (Williams 1951)
13 specimens
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculida
Nuculacea indet. Gray 1824
1 specimen
nuculacean
unclassified
? Diplonothis sp.
1 specimen
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
1 specimen
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida
Palaeocopida indet. Henningsmoen 1953
4 specimens
palaeocope, 1x reticulate palaeocope
unclassified
Pelmatozoa indet. Leuckart 1848
49 elements
pelmatozoan ossicles
Cystoidea
Cystoidea indet. von Buch 1846
5 elements
cystoid plates
Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae
? Cheirocrinus sp. Eichwald 1856
1 element
plate
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
12 elements
ossicles
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Wales
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 3.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.1° South, 17.0° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Ashgill
Key time interval: Hirnantian
Age range of interval: 445.2 - 443.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wenallt Member:Ooid
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal,shelly/skeletal lithified argillaceous,sandy siltstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: sandy and muddy siltstones with ooids alternating with fine to very fine speckly sandstones. abundant fragmentary pelmatozoan and bryozoan material.
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:8387
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-10 16:25:22 Last modified:2000-07-10 19:25:22
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

571. A. Williams and A. D. Wright. 1981. The Ordovician-Silurian boundary in the Garth area of southwest Powys, Wales. Geological Journal 16:1-39 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]