Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 25.0° S, 11.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: tripapillatus-spicula apore zone zone, Lower Bone Bed Member (Downton Castle Sandstone Formation), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• Horizon up to 3 mm thick 0.15 to 0.20 m above the Ludlow Bone Bed.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray siltstone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: adpression, coalified, original carbon, original sporopollenin, coprolite
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical,
• Info taken from Jeram et al., 1990; Edwards, 1996
Primary reference: A. J. Jeram, P. A. Selden, and D. Edwards. 1990. Land animals in the Silurian: arachnids and myriapods from Shropshire, England. Science 250:658-661 [P. Gensel/M. Kotyk/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11128: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Michele Kotyk on 24.07.2001, edited by April Kinchloe and Sandra Schachat
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Nematothallus | |
Nematothallus sp. Lang 1937 | |
Psilophytopsida | |
Cooksonia sp. Lang 1937 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Arachnida | |
Palaeotarbus jerami n. gen.1
Palaeotarbus jerami n. gen.1 Dunlop 1996 | |
Eurypterida | |
Eurypterida indet. Burmeister 1843 eurypterid | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Myriapoda | |
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