Tortworth Inlier, Whitcliffe Beds (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 12.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Whitcliffe Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• Whitcliffe Beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; silty mudstone and limestone

• BA 2-3 - taken from Cocks et al 2003.
• silty mudstones with siltstone and thin limestone layers

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: M.L.K. Curtis. 1972. The Silurian rocks of the Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 83(1):1-35 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug/Z. Krug]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49658: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 22.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Camarotoechia nucula" = Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula
"Camarotoechia nucula" = Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes ludloviensis
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Schizocrania striata
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Leurocycloceras whitcliffense
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras angulatum
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Fuchsella amygdalina
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
"Goniophora cf. cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis
"Goniophora cf. cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis Sowerby 1839 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites antiquus