Tears Point, Unit 27 (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 4.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 0.7° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mestognathus beckmanni zone, Black Rock Limestone Formation, Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, dolomitic limestone

• "Beds...were laid down in a continuous shelf environment."
• upper portions of bed are dolomitic limestone, otherwise none given.

Primary reference: M. Mitchell, A. R. E. Strank, B. M. Thornbury and G. D. Sevastopulo. 1986. The distribution of platform conodonts, corals, and foraminifera from the Black Rock Limestone (late Tournaisian and early Visean) of Tears Point, Gower, south Wales. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 46:11-14 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5901: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 09.12.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Rich brachiopod fauna has not been studied here.
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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
Hindeodus cristulus
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Pseudopolygnathus minutus, Polygnathus cf. bischoffi
 Prioniodontida -
Apatognathus spp.
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Spathognathodus scitulus
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum patulum
Caninophyllum patulum horn coral
ssp. patulum
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Fasciculophyllum sp.
Fasciculophyllum sp. Thomson 1883 horn coral