Neseuretus facies at Carmathen, South Wales, UK: Arenig, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Elkaniidae
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Monobolina sp.
Salter 1866
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Orthidae
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Orthambonites sp.
Pander 1830
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Bivalvia
- Lyrodesmatidae
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Lyrodesma sp.
Conrad 1841
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Neseuretus sp.
Hicks 1873
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Raphiophoridae
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Ampyx sp.
(Dalman 1827)
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| original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx) | |||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Merlinia sp.
Fortey and Owens 1987
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 4.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.3° South, 19.1° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Ordovician | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Arenig |
| Key time interval: | Arenig | ||
| Age range of interval: | 477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
| Geology comments: Micaceous mudstone and shale, immediately above unfossiliferous, bioturbated coarse conglomerate and rippled, laminated sandstone; shallow nearshore, quiet water setting; lagoonal changed from "shale + shale" to "mudstone + shale" by JA | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3686 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-06 13:19:31 | Last modified: | 1999-08-24 15:51:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 173. | R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens. 1978. Early Ordovician (Arenig) stratigraphy and faunas of the Carmarthen District, southwest Wales. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 30(3):225-294 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner] |