ammonites
Old quarry near Cwm Felin Boeth (Ordovician to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as locality 7

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 4.6° W: paleocoordinates 66.3° S, 20.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: D. simulans or I. gibberulus graptolite zone, Cwm Felin Boeth Formation, Whitlandian to Whitlandian (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

• "Cwm Felin Boeth Formation. Late Whitlandian Stage or early Fennian Stage, Arenig Series, simulans or gibberulus Biozone (see Fortey & Owens 1987)." (Evans, 2005).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; volcaniclastic sandstone and black mudstone

• The Cwmfelin Boeth Fm. generally is regarded as turbiditic deep-water deposit.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: NMW = National Museums and Galleries of Wales

Primary reference: D. H. Evans. 2005. The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 623:1-81 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89459: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 22.05.2009