Ludlow-Much Wenlock District #3 (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.5° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 25.7° S, 12.3° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal siltstone

• interbedded highly bioturbated calcareous siltstones in which most lamination destroyed by bioturbation. alternates with thin 'storm generated' siltstone and shell laminae. minor scour channels and slumping. occassional symmetric and asymmetric ripple laminae.

Primary reference: D. D. J. Antia. 1981. Faunas from the Upper Silurian (Upper Ludlovian) in the Ludlow-Much Wenlock District, England. Geological Journal 16:137-147 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8297: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

• 900 total specimens.
unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae