Deer Park Road Section #3 (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 8312: 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.
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unclassified
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Microsphaeridiorhynchia nucula, Keilorites sp.
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes forbesi
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramopora sp.
Ceramopora sp. Hall 1851
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp.
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
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
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes ludloviensis
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea rugata
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops implicatus
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Serpulites longissimus
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis lewisi
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola interrupta
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea tenuistriata, "Pterinea lineata" = Tolmaia lineata, Pteronitella retroflexa
"Pterinea lineata" = Tolmaia lineata Goldfuss 1863 oyster
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Fuchsella amygdalina, Grammysia sp.
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites ovata, Nuculites antiquas
Nuculites ovata clam
not sure if this is typo or round-down
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solenomya sp." = Solemya
"Solenomya sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras bullatum, Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras angulatum
 Orthoceratoidea - Paraphragmitidae
Paraphragmites ibex
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
"Bucanopsis expansus" = Phragmosphaera expansus
"Bucanopsis expansus" = Phragmosphaera expansus de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail
 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.
Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina cf. primaria
Cavellina cf. primaria ostracod
not sure if typo or round-down
 Palaeocopida -
Hebellum cf. tetragonum, Scaldianella simplex
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Cytherellina siliqua
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp.
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite