Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 0.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Blue Anchor Formation (Mercia Mudstone Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• "Sully Beds" = "Grey Marls" of the "Keuper Series"
•fossils from 6 ft. below the Rhaetic
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. Storrie in the 1890s
Primary reference: L. Richardson. 1905. The Rhaetic and contiguous deposits of Glamorganshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 61(243):385-424 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 72293: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Sphaerodus sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Amphibia | |
Mastodonsaurus sp. Jaeger 1828 tetrapod | |
Trematosaurus sp. Burmeister 1849 tetrapod | |
Reptilia | |
Palaeosaurus sp. Riley and Stutchbury 1836 archosaur |