Also known as Reef 2853
Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 4.2° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 0.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hunts Bay Oolite Formation, Holkerian to Holkerian (342.8 - 336.0 Ma)
• Age indicated as Holkerian(?)/early Asbian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: M. Aretz and H.-G. Herbig. 2003. Coral-rich bioconstructions in the Viséan (Late Mississippian) of southern Wales (Gower Peninsula, UK). Facies 49:221-242 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36673: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Asphaltina | |
Asphaltina sp. Mamet 1972 | |
Cyanophyceae | |
Aphralysia sp. Garwood 1914 | |
Ortonella sp. Garwood 1914 | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Demospongiae | |
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
Siphonodendron sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Gastropoda | |
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell |