Novaspis-cyclopygid trilobite association, North Wales, UK: Rawtheyan, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Gravicalymene sp. Shirley 1936
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Staurocephalus sp. Barrande 1846
Dindymene sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Duftonia sp. Dean 1959
Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Telephina sp. Marek 1952
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Ectillaenus sp. Salter 1867
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Raphiophorus sp. Angelin 1854
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide sp. Barrande 1847
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Novaspis sp. Whittington 1941
Nankinolithus sp. Lu 1957
Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Psilacella sp. Whittard 1952
? Microparia sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
originally entered as "Microparia? sp."
Cyclopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Symphysops sp. Raymond 1925
? Degamella sp. Marek 1961
originally entered as "Degamella? sp."
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Opsimasaphus sp. Kielan 1960
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 53.0° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.7° South, 16.9° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Middle Ashgill
*International age/stage:Rawtheyan *Local age/stage:Rawtheyan
Key time interval:Rawtheyan
Age range of interval:448.90000 - 445.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Mudstone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Trilobite paleoecology
Metadata
Database number:3681
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-06 13:18:40 Last modified:1999-08-06 16:18:40
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

172. D. Price and P. M. Magor. 1984. The ecological significance of variation in the genesis composition of Rawtheyan (Late Ordovician) trilobite faunas from North Wales, U.K. U. K. Geological Journal 19:187-200 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]