Deer Park Road Section #6 (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 8315: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000

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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
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes forbesi
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula lewisi
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea rugata
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops implicatus
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes ludloviensis
Rhynchonellata
 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
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Loxonema obsoletum" = Loxonema obsoleta, Loxonema gregarium
"Loxonema obsoletum" = Loxonema obsoleta de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail
Loxonema gregarium de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail
 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
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis cf. trevorpatriciorum" = Naticopsis trevorpaticiciorum
"Naticopsis cf. trevorpatriciorum" = Naticopsis trevorpaticiciorum Peel 1975 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites ovata, Nuculites antiquas
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Fuchsella amygdalina
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis Sowerby 1839 clam
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Scaldianella simplex, Hebellum cf. tetragonum
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
solitary coral