Llanfallteg Formation
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone, Tuff |
Location | |
Region | England, Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
The Llanfallteg Formation is a geologic formation in Wales. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. It predominantly consists of ash containing siltstones, as wells as ash fall deposits and tuffs. It likely dates to the Darriwilian based on graptolites. The local graptolite fauna includes Didymograptus artus and . The local trilobite fauna includes agnostids, phacopids and asaphids.[1]
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References[]
- ^ Legg, David A.; Hearing, Thomas W. (September 2015). "A late surviving xenopod (Arthropoda) from the Ordovican Period, Wales". Geological Magazine. 152 (5): 942–948. doi:10.1017/S001675681400065X. ISSN 0016-7568.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Categories:
- Geologic formations of England
- Ordovician System of Europe
- Ordovician Wales
- Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits
- United Kingdom geologic formation stubs
- Ordovician stubs
- England stubs