Deer Park Road Section #1 (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Upper Leintwardine Beds. Not sure if section really is numbered bottom to top...

• bed-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 8310: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

• 2621 total specimens.
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unclassified
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Aegeria grayi, Microsphaeridiorhynchia nucula
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina sp.
Ozarkodina sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula lewisi
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea rugata
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops implicatus
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Shagamella ludloviensis, Protochonetes ludloviensis
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
"Shaleria ornatella" = Shaleria (Janiomya) ornatella
"Shaleria ornatella" = Shaleria (Janiomya) ornatella Davidson 1871
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp.
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramopora sp.
Ceramopora sp. Hall 1851
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp.
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Serpulites longissimus
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras angulatum
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp., Michelinoceras bullatum
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
[entered as Orhtoceras sp.]
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira sp.
Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
"Cyclonema corallii" = Oriostoma coralli
"Cyclonema corallii" = Oriostoma coralli de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites ovata
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronitella retroflexa
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Fuchsella amygdalina
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Cytherellina siliqua
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
"Beyrichia sp." = Beyrichia, "Neobeyrichia lauensis" = Beyrichia, "Neobeyrichia sissica" = Beyrichia
"Beyrichia sp." = Beyrichia M'Coy 1846 ostracod
"Neobeyrichia lauensis" = Beyrichia ostracod
"Neobeyrichia sissica" = Beyrichia ostracod
 Palaeocopida -
Scaldianella simplex, Hebellum cf. tetragonum, Hebellum cf. triviale
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina cf. primaria
 Platycopida -
Nyhamnella sp.
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp.
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp.
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite