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 | |
Ostracoda | |
Calcaribeyrichia torosa ostracod | |
Cytherellina siliqua ostracod | |
Kuresaaria circulata ostracod | |
Euchelicerata | |
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid | |
Polychaeta | |
Bivalvia | |
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis Sowerby 1839 clam | |
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam | |
Pterinea tennistriata oyster | |
"Solenomya sp." = Solemya
"Solenomya sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Leurocycloceras sp. Foerste 1928 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Loxonema conicum" = Devonozyga conicum
"Loxonema conicum" = Devonozyga conicum Whidborne 1891 snail | |
Hyolitha | |
Stenolaemata | |
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Ceramopora sp. Hall 1851 | |
Craniata | |
Strophomenata | |
Protochonetes ludloviensis Muir-Wood 1962 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula sp. n. sp.
Lingula sp. n. sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Thelodus parvidens Agassiz 1839 | |
Crinoidea | |
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