Where: United Kingdom (52.1° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° S, 13.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• "2-20 cm concretions (n = 378) that occur in a roughly 1-m-thick volcanic ash-rich deposit"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); concretionary, ferruginous, argillaceous, calcareous carbonate and volcaniclastic
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion, soft parts, replaced with calcite, replaced with pyrite, replaced with hematite
Collection methods: specimens are in the Oxford University Museum
Primary reference: D. E. G. Briggs. 1996. Soft-bodied fossils from a Silurian volcaniclastic deposit. Nature 382:248-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 68060: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.12.2006, edited by Loic Villier, Selina Cole, Pete Wagner and Phil Novack-Gottshall
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Protozoa | |
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Haplentactinia armista n. sp.10
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Bivalvia | |
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Gastropoda | |
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Cephalopoda | |
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Aplacophora | |
Kulindroplax perissokomos n. gen. n. sp.25 Sutton et al. 2012
Acaenoplax hayae n. gen. n. sp.23 Sutton et al. 2001 | |
Polychaeta | |
Kenostrychus clementsi n. gen. n. sp.24
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Brachiopoda | |
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Lingulata | |
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Brachiopoda | |
Drakozoon kalumon n. gen. n. sp.29
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Rhynchonellata | |
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Bethia serraticulma n. gen. n. sp.27
Bethia serraticulma n. gen. n. sp.27 Sutton et al. 2005 | |
Pycnogonida | |
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Ostracoda | |
Pauline avibella n. gen. n. sp.18, Nasunaris flata n. gen. n. sp.11, Spiricopia aurita n. gen. n. sp.17, Colymbosathon ecplecticos n. gen. n. sp.21
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Nymphatelina gravida n. gen. n. sp.20
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Podocopa indet.13 Sars 1865 ostracod "Fragments of unidentified species ... recovered from acid residues"
Palaeocopida indet.13 Henningsmoen 1953 ostracod "Fragments of unidentified species ... recovered from acid residues"
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Ichthyostraca | |
Invavita piratica n. gen. n. sp.12
Invavita piratica n. gen. n. sp.12 Siveter et al. 2015 | |
Malacostraca | |
Cinerocaris magnifica n. gen. n. sp.4
Cinerocaris magnifica n. gen. n. sp.4 Briggs et al. 2004 | |
Cascolus ravitis n. gen. n. sp.14
Cascolus ravitis n. gen. n. sp.14 Siveter et al. 2017 | |
Thecostraca | |
Rhamphoverritor reduncus n. gen. n. sp.5
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Remipedia | |
Tanazios dokeron n. gen. n. sp.22
Tanazios dokeron n. gen. n. sp.22 Siveter et al. 2007 | |
Aquilonifer spinosus n. gen. n. sp.2
Aquilonifer spinosus n. gen. n. sp.2 Briggs et al. 2016 | |
Megacheira | |
Enalikter aphson n. gen. n. sp.16
Enalikter aphson n. gen. n. sp.16 Siveter et al. 2014 | |
Offacolus kingi | |
Offacolus kingi n. gen. n. sp.8
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Dibasterium durgae n. gen. n. sp.3
Dibasterium durgae n. gen. n. sp.3 Briggs et al. 2012 | |
Trilobita | |
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Tapinocalymene sp. Siveter 1980 trilobite | |
Thanahita distos n. gen. n. sp.15
Thanahita distos n. gen. n. sp.15 Siveter et al. 2018 | |
Pterobranchia | |
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Edrioasteroidea | |
Heropyrgus disterminus1 Briggs et al. 2017 | |
Crinoidea | |
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Ophiocistioidea | |
Sollasina cthulhu n. sp.9
Sollasina cthulhu n. sp.9 Rahman et al. 2019 | |
Stenuroidea | |
Bdellacoma sp.26 Salter 1857 | |
unclassified | |
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Hydrozoa | |
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unclassified | |
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Hexactinellida | |
Carduispongia pedicula n. gen. n. sp.7
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Marrellomorpha | |
Xylokorys chledophilia n. gen. n. sp.19
Xylokorys chledophilia n. gen. n. sp.19 Siveter et al. 2007 |