Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Kirkby Moor Flags, Kendal, England (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 22.2° S, 12.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kirkby Moor Flags Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• "Scout Hill Flags? (Kirkby Moor Flags sensu lato)."

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone and sandstone

• "Ba 2 if the brachiopods occurred with the eurypterids"
• "siltstone and sandstone"

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 26913: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina sp. Boucot 1960
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Lingulata
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Lingulata indet. Gorjansky and Popov 1985
lingulid
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Schizocrania sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Ostracoda
 Podocopida -
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Cytherellina sp. Jones and Holl 1869 ostracod
 Podocopida -
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Palaeocopida -
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
"Neobeyrichia sp." = Beyrichia
"Neobeyrichia sp." = Beyrichia M'Coy 1846 ostracod
 Palaeocopida -
Hemsiella sp. ostracod
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotidae indet. Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Eurypterus cephalaspis Salter 1856 eurypterid