PBDB Collection

Weaver Hills District, Upper Waterhouses Limestone (Carboniferous to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.8° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.5° S, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: D1 - D2 zone, Waterhouses Limestone Formation, Asbian to Asbian (340.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• Up to 500' thick. Upper portions 100 - 50' thick.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, black, argillaceous limestone and shale

• crinoidal, well bedded limestones with black shale partings.

Primary reference: A. Ludford. 1951. The stratigraphy of the Carboniferous rocks of the Weaver Hills District, North Staffordshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 106:211-229 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5986: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 11.01.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

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unclassified
-	Thomasia margaritacea, Dictyoclstus insculptus Thomasia margaritacea Dictyoclstus insculptus
Anthozoa
Favositida - Alveolitidae	Alveolites septosa Alveolites septosa tabulate coral
Favositida - Micheliniidae	Michelinia tenuiseptata Michelinia tenuiseptata tabulate coral
Favositida - Favositidae	Emmonsia parasitica Emmonsia parasitica tabulate coral
Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae	Lithostrotion mcoyanum, Lithostrotion portlocki, "Lithostrotion martini" = Siphonodendron martini, Diphyphyllum lateseptatum Lithostrotion mcoyanum horn coral Lithostrotion portlocki horn coral "Lithostrotion martini" = Siphonodendron martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral Diphyphyllum lateseptatum horn coral
Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae	Lonsdaleia duplicata Lonsdaleia duplicata Martin 1809 horn coral
Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae	Caninophyllum archai Caninophyllum archai horn coral var. halkynense
Stauriida - Cyathopsidae	Caninia subibicina, Caninia elongata, Caninia juddi Caninia subibicina horn coral Caninia elongata horn coral Caninia juddi horn coral
Stauriida - Zaphrentidae	"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis "Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae	Cyathaxonia rushiana, Cyathaxonia cornu Cyathaxonia rushiana horn coral Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846 horn coral
Stauriida - Aulophyllidae	Dibunophyllum craigianum, Dibunophyllum konincki, Dibunophyllum bipartitum, Clisiophyllum spp., Corwenia rugosa, Auloclisia mutata Dibunophyllum craigianum horn coral Dibunophyllum konincki horn coral Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral Clisiophyllum spp. Dana 1846 horn coral Corwenia rugosa horn coral Auloclisia mutata horn coral
Chondrichthyes
Cochliodontiformes - Psephodontidae	Psephodus magnus Psephodus magnus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Reticulariidae	Reticularia elliptica, Reticularia cf. imbricata Reticularia elliptica Reticularia cf. imbricata
Spiriferida - Elythidae	Phricodothyris insolita, Phricodothyris lineata, Phricodothyris lucerna Phricodothyris insolita Phricodothyris lineata Phricodothyris lucerna
Spiriferida - Martiniidae	Martinia glabra Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821
Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae	Brachythyris integricosta, Brachythyris pinguis Brachythyris integricosta Brachythyris pinguis
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Spirifer convolutus, Spirifer duplicicostus, Spirifer planicostatus, Spirifer rhomboideus, Spirifer striatus Spirifer convolutus Spirifer duplicicostus Spirifer planicostatus Spirifer rhomboideus Spirifer striatus Martin 1809
Spiriferida - Choristitidae	Angiospirifer trigonalis, "Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Angiospirifer trigonalis "Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
Athyridida - Athyrididae	"Actinoconchus lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa, Actinoconchus cf. expansa, Actinoconchus planosulcatus "Actinoconchus lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835 Actinoconchus cf. expansa Actinoconchus planosulcatus Phillips 1836
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria resupinata Schizophoria resupinata Martin 1809
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	Dielasma hastata Dielasma hastata
Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae	Syringothyris elongata Syringothyris elongata
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	Camarotoechia pleurodon Camarotoechia pleurodon
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae	Rhynchonella wettonensis Rhynchonella wettonensis
Strophomenata
Productida - Aulostegidae	Sinuatella sinuata Sinuatella sinuata de Koninck 1851
Productida - Productidae	Dictyoclostus hindi, Dictyoclostus hindi, Dictyoclostus multispiniferus, Dictyoclostus pinguis, Dictyoclostus pugilis, Dictyoclostus sulcatus, Dictyoclostus semireticulatus, Buxtonia scabricula Dictyoclostus hindi Dictyoclostus hindi var. wettonensis Dictyoclostus multispiniferus Dictyoclostus pinguis Dictyoclostus pugilis Dictyoclostus sulcatus Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809 Buxtonia scabricula
Productida - Productellidae	Gigantella cf. edelburgensis, Gigantella gigantea, Gigantella gigantoides, Gigantella latissima, Gigantella maximus, Gigantella praemoderata, Overtonia fimbriatus, Avonia youngiana, Plicatifera mesoloba, Plicatifera plicatilis, Productus auritus, Productus semiplanus, Productus productus, Productus productus, Productus concinnus, Eomarginifera derbiensis, Eomarginifera setosus, Eomarginifera tissingtonensis, Eomarginifera longispinus Gigantella cf. edelburgensis Gigantella gigantea Gigantella gigantoides Gigantella latissima Gigantella maximus Gigantella praemoderata Overtonia fimbriatus Avonia youngiana Plicatifera mesoloba Plicatifera plicatilis Productus auritus Productus semiplanus Productus productus Martin 1809 Productus productus Martin 1809 var. hispidus Productus concinnus Sowerby 1823 Eomarginifera derbiensis Eomarginifera setosus Eomarginifera tissingtonensis Eomarginifera longispinus Sowerby 1814
Productida - Linoproductidae	"Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata, Linoproductus sp., Cancrinella sp. "Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata Defrance 1826 Linoproductus sp. Chao 1927 Cancrinella sp.
Productida - Monticuliferidae	Striatifera cf. coraesimilis, Striatifera magna, Striatifera striata Striatifera cf. coraesimilis Striatifera magna var. tenella Striatifera striata
Productida - Echinoconchidae	Pustula cf. elegans, Pustula eximia, Pustula magnituberculata, Pustula punctata, Pustula pustulosa, Echinoconchus punctatus Pustula cf. elegans Pustula eximia Pustula magnituberculata Pustula punctata Pustula pustulosa Phillips 1836 Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	Chonetes aff. comoides, Chonetes sp. Chonetes aff. comoides Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga "Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Orthotetida - Pulsiidae	Schellwienella crenistria Schellwienella crenistria McIntosh 1974