Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Whitcliffe Beds, Lugwardine, England (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 12.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Whitcliffe Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• "Basset et al. (1982): 'proximal shelf regions of shallow, mainly clear but often turbid and sometimes brackish water...' Sedimentation mostly intertidal, some subtidal, coquinas are storm deposits. BA 2"
• "shale"

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26912: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
""Orbicula" sp." = Neocrania
""Orbicula" sp." = Neocrania Lee and Brunton 2001
Obviously not Orbicula!
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
"Truncatiramus gigas" = Erettopterus
"Truncatiramus gigas" = Erettopterus eurypterid