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Collection: Taffs Well Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
| Age | 372.2 - 358.9 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian) |
|---|---|
| Interval | Famennian |
| Lat/Long | 51.5333,-3.26667 |
| Co-ordinates derived from | based on political unit |
| Location | Taffs Well |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| Geographic Comments | Found at an outcrop at Taffs Well near Tongwynlais, 9.5 km north of Cardiff. |
| Straigraphic Comments | Hilton (1996, p.236): The composition of the LL, LE and LN biozones are similar except for a few key taxa, and in this respect without further work on the palynoflora the exact age of the Taffs Well Plant bed remains uncertain. |
| Lithology Description | Hilton (1996, p.236): THe Quartz Conglomerate Group in this section comprises approximately 15 m of micaceous pale greenish-gray and brown-purple, coarse-grained quartzose sandstone, and conglomerates with thin subordinate mudstones and siltstones. This unit is immediately overlain by the Tongwynlais Formation of the Lower Limestone Shale Group, marking the transition into marine carbonate lithologies. |
| Lithology | sandstone |
| Second Lithology | siltstone |
| Environment | terrestrial indet. |
Recorded Fossils
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Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
