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Penrice, Swansea, Wales, UKi
Regional Level Types
PenriceCommunity
SwanseaCity
WalesCountry
UKCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
360752
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:360752:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
German:
Penrice, Swansea, Wales, Vereinigtes KÃķnigreich
Basque:
Penrice, Swansea, Gales, Erresuma Batua
Catalan:
Pen-rhys, Swansea, Gal·les, Regne Unit
Cebuano:
Penrice, Swansea, Wales, Hiniusang Gingharian
Cornish:
Pen-rhys, Kembra, Ruwvaneth Unys
Irish Gaelic:
Pen-rhys, Abertawe, An Bhreatain Bheag, An Ríocht Aontaithe
Scottish Gaelic:
Pen-rhys, Abertawe, A' Chuimrigh, An RÃŽoghachd Aonaichte
Swedish:
Penrice, Swansea, Wales, Storbritannien
Welsh:
Penrhys, Abertawe, Cymru, Y Deyrnas Unedig


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences30
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed343 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Hunts Bay Oolite29339.4 - 336 Ma (Carboniferous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Porifera
phylum
Animalia : Porifera342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Syringopora
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : Syringopora342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Axophyllum
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lonsdaleiidae : Axophyllum339.4 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Lithostrotion
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lithostrotionidae : Lithostrotion342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Rotiphyllum
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Metriophyllidae : Rotiphyllum339.4 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Siphonodendron
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lithostrotionidae : Siphonodendron342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Bryozoa
phylum
Animalia : Bryozoa342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Serpulidae
family
Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Chaetetidae
family
Animalia : Porifera : Chaetetidae342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Vermetidae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vermetidae342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Hippopotamus amphibius
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Hippopotamus : Hippopotamus amphibius0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Ortonella
genus
Cyanobacteria : Porostromata : Ortonella342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Porostromata
class
Cyanobacteria : Porostromata339.4 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Aphralysia
genus
Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Cyanophyceae : Aphralysiaceae : Aphralysia342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Koninckopora
genus
Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Koninckopora339.4 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Fasciella
genus
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Fasciellidae : Fasciella342.8 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Siphonodendron martini
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Lithostrotionidae : Siphonodendron : Siphonodendron martini339.4 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Lithostrotion decipiens
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Lithostrotionidae : Lithostrotion : Lithostrotion decipiens339.4 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrice_(community)
Wikidata ID:Q24359544
GeoNames ID:7299730


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