Ludlow-Much Wenlock District #13 (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 8307: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• 3210 total specimens.
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unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Leurocycloceras sp. Foerste 1928
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Loxonema conicum" = Devonozyga conicum
"Loxonema conicum" = Devonozyga conicum Whidborne 1891 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pterinea tennistriata oyster | |
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis Sowerby 1839 clam | |
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam | |
"Solenomya sp." = Solemya
"Solenomya sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam | |
Strophomenata | |
Protochonetes ludloviensis Muir-Wood 1962 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839 | |
Craniata | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula sp. n. sp.
Lingula sp. n. sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Ceramopora sp. Hall 1851 | |
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Hyolitha | |
Polychaeta | |
Euchelicerata | |
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid | |
Ostracoda | |
Kuresaaria circulata ostracod | |
Cytherellina siliqua ostracod | |
Calcaribeyrichia torosa ostracod | |
Crinoidea | |
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Thelodus parvidens Agassiz 1839 |