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Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry is a stone quarry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, around 3 kilometers east of Cowbridge.[1]

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  1. 32 relations: Aenigmaspina, Archosaur, Breccia, Carboniferous, Clevosaurus, Cowbridge, Crinoid, Crocodylomorpha, Diphydontosaurus, Geologists' Association, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Karst, Kenneth Kermack, Kuehneosaurus, Late Triassic, Lepidosauria, Limestone, Linnean Society of London, Palaeontology (journal), Paleontology, Pamela Lamplugh Robinson, Pantydraco, Pantyffynnon, Pendraig, Quarry, Rhaetian, Rhynchocephalia, South Wales, Terrestrisuchus, University College London, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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Aenigmaspina

Aenigmaspina (from Latin aenigma and spina, meaning "enigmatic spine") is an extinct genus of enigmatic pseudosuchian (.

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Archosaur

Archosauria or archosaurs is a clade of diapsid sauropsid tetrapods, with birds and crocodilians being the only extant representatives.

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Breccia

Breccia is a rock composed of large angular broken fragments of minerals or rocks cemented together by a fine-grained matrix.

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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.

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Clevosaurus

Clevosaurus (meaning "Gloucester lizard") is an extinct genus of rhynchocephalian reptile from the Late Triassic and the Early Jurassic periods.

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Cowbridge

Cowbridge (Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately west of the centre of Cardiff.

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Crinoid

Crinoids are marine invertebrates that make up the class Crinoidea.

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Crocodylomorpha

Crocodylomorpha is a group of pseudosuchian archosaurs that includes the crocodilians and their extinct relatives.

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Diphydontosaurus

Diphydontosaurus is an extinct genus of small rhynchocephalian reptile from the Late Triassic of Europe.

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Geologists' Association

The Geologists' Association, founded in 1858, is a British organisation with charitable status for those concerned with the study of geology.

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1980 by Jiri Zidek (University of Oklahoma).

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Karst

Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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Kenneth Kermack

Kenneth Alexander Kermack (1919 – 2000) was a British palaeontologist at University College London most notable for his work on early mammals with his wife, Doris Mary Kermack.

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Kuehneosaurus

Kuehneosaurus is an extinct genus of Late Triassic kuehneosaurid reptile known from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) of the Penarth Group of southwest England and the Steinmergel Group of Luxembourg.

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Late Triassic

The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch of the Triassic Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago).

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Lepidosauria

The Lepidosauria (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) is a subclass or superorder of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Linnean Society of London

The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy.

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Palaeontology (journal)

Palaeontology is one of the two scientific journals of the Palaeontological Association (the other being Papers in Palaeontology).

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Paleontology

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Pamela Lamplugh Robinson

Pamela Lamplugh Robinson (18 December 1919 – 24 October 1994) was a British paleontologist who worked extensively on the fauna of the Triassic and Early Jurassic of Gloucestershire and later worked in India on the Mesozoic and Gondwanan fauna.

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Pantydraco

Pantydraco (where "panty-" is short for Pant-y-ffynnon, signifying hollow of the spring/well in Welsh, referring to the quarry at Bonvilston in South Wales where it was found) is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic of the United Kingdom (Wales).

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Pantyffynnon

Pantyffynnon is a small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, half a mile south-west of Ammanford, and a mile east of Tycroes.

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Pendraig

Pendraig (meaning "chief dragon" in Middle Welsh) is a genus of coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from South Wales.

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Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground.

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Rhaetian

The Rhaetian is the latest age of the Triassic Period (in geochronology) or the uppermost stage of the Triassic System (in chronostratigraphy).

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Rhynchocephalia

Rhynchocephalia is an order of lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) of New Zealand.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north.

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Terrestrisuchus

Terrestrisuchus is an extinct genus of very small early crocodylomorph that was about long.

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University College London

University College London (branded as UCL) is a public research university in London, England.

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Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg), locally referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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See also

Quarries in Wales

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pant-y-Ffynnon_Quarry