Figure 3
Representative taxa of the Afon Gam Biota, including algae, shelly taxa and arthropods; a, NMW2012.36G.42 large alga with prominent holdfast or flotation structure; b, NMW2012.36G.7, common branching alga; c, NMW2012.36G.88, alga with lateral branch showing probable reproductive structure; d, NMW2012.36G.35, frondose alga; e, NMW2012.36G.54, branching alga with successive thickness reductions; f, NMW2012.36G.91, problematic discoidal fossil; g, NMW2012.36G.44, glyptocystitid rhombiferan Macrocystella sp.; h, NMW 2012.36G.91, undescribed problematic echinoderm, whitened latex cast; i, NMW2012.36G.9, remopleuridid trilobite Pseudokainella sp.; j, NMW2012.36G.90, undescribed mollisoniid-like arthropod and isolated spinose appendage at lower left; k, NMW2012.36G.22, bivalved arthropod carapace; l, NMW2012.36G.28, trilobite Shumardia cf. pusilla; m, NMW2012.36G.36, undetermined tergomyan; n, NMW2012.36G.86, hyolith with phosphatised gut (arrowed); o, NMW2012.36G.30, lingulate brachiopod with pyritised pedicle; p, q, NMW2012.36G.85, palaeoscolecidan worm with detail of plate rows (q). Scale bars: a–b, d, f–g: 10 mm; c, e, i–k, n, o: 5 mm; h, l, m, p: 1 mm. Photographs: Joseph P. Botting.
