Deer Park Road Section #2 (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)

• Lower Whitcliffe 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 8311: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• 18047 total specimens FOR ALL 7 entries in this section.
unclassified
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Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramopora sp. Hall 1851
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis Sowerby 1839 clam
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
"Cyclonema corallii" = Oriostoma coralli
"Cyclonema corallii" = Oriostoma coralli de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Loxonema obsoletum" = Loxonema obsoleta
"Loxonema obsoletum" = Loxonema obsoleta de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail
 Murchisoniina -
Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Beyrichia sp. M'Coy 1846 ostracod
 Palaeocopida -