Wolborough Quarry, on the east side of the A381 due east of Wolborough church: Givetian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon hicksii
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Aglaoglypta hicksii | ||||||||||
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Bellerophon lineatus
Dechen 1832
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Bellerophon imperforatus n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Capulus ussheri n. sp.
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyceras ussheri | ||||||||||
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Capulus contortus
(Römer 1843)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyceras contortus | ||||||||||
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Capulus multiplicatus
Giebel 1858
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyceras multiplicatus | ||||||||||
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Capulus galeritus n. sp.
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyceras galeritus | ||||||||||
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Capulus pericompsus
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyceras pericompsus | ||||||||||
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Capulus ? squamosus
Trenkner 1868
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyceras squamosus | ||||||||||
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Metoptoma cordata n. sp.
Whidborne 1889
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| recombined as Platyceras cordatus | ||||||||||
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Capulus columbinus
Whidborne 1889
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyceras columbinus | ||||||||||
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Platyostoma speciosum
(Sedgwick and Murchison 1840)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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? Capulus invictus
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyostoma invictus | ||||||||||
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? Platyostoma deforme
(Sedgwick and Murchison 1840)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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Capulus tylotus
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Spinyplatyceras tylotus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Elasmonematidae
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Elasmonema rotundum n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Euomphalus hecale
(Hall 1876)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Straparollus hecale | ||||||||||
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Philoxene laevis
(d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Philoxene serpens
(Phillips 1841)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| synonym of Philoxene laevis | ||||||||||
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Philoxene philosophus
(Whidborne 1889)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudomphalotrochus philosophus | ||||||||||
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Euomphalus fenestralis
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Euomphalus neapolitanus n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Phanerotinus mundus n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
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Phanerotinus militaris
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Serpulospira militaris | ||||||||||
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Euomphalus annulatus n. sp.
Phillips 1841
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Phillips 1841 | |||||||||
| recombined as Serpulospira annulatus | ||||||||||
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Phanerotinus centrifugus
(Römer 1843)
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Serpulospira centrifuga | ||||||||||
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Euomphalus rota
Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Rhenomphalus rota | ||||||||||
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Euomphalus germanus
(Phillips 1841)
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Rhenomphalus germanus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Chuchlinidae
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Turbo inamictus
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Zenospira inamictus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Spanionematidae
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Loxonema scalaroides n. sp.
Whidborne 1889
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| recombined as Spanionema scalaroides | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cyrtoneritida
- Orthonychiidae
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Capulus ? rostratus
Trenkner 1868
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Orthonychia rostratus | ||||||||||
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Capulus puellaris
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Orthonychia puellaris | ||||||||||
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Orthonychia quadrangularis n. sp.
(Whidborne 1891)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria neapolitana
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bembexia neapolitana | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria seminuda n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bembexia seminuda | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Porcelliidae
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Pleurotomaria perversa n. sp.
Whidborne 1889
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| synonym of Trochagnesia exsiliens | ||||||||||
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Antitrochus arietinus n. gen., n. sp.
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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Porcellia bifida
(Sandberger and Sandberger 1853)
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Coloniacirrus bifida | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Pleurotomaria champernowni n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Champernownia champernowni | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria orbignyana
d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Devonorhineoderma orbignyana | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria lonsdalii
(d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria impendens
Sedgwick and Murchison 1840
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Devonorhineoderma impendens | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria trochoides
Whidborne 1889
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Whidbornia trochoides | ||||||||||
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Odontomaria semiplicata
(Sandberger and Sandberger 1850)
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Euomphalus circularis
Phillips 1841
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Ibergia circularis | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria subimbricata
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pleurotaunica subimbricata | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria delphinuloides
(von Schlotheim 1820)
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Euryzone delphinuloides | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria crokeri n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| synonym of Euryzone delphinuloides | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria subclathrata
Sandberger 1842
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Villmaria subclathrata | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria victrix
Whidborne 1889
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Villmaria victrix | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria dissimulatrix n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| synonym of Villmaria victrix | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Palaeozygopleuridae
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Loxonema scalaraeforme
(Holzapfel 1882)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Devonozyga scalariaeforme | ||||||||||
| Loxonema scalaræforme | ||||||||||
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Loxonema conicum
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Devonozyga conicum | ||||||||||
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Loxonema roemeri
Kayser 1878
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeozygopleura roemeri | ||||||||||
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Holopella tenuisulcata
Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeozygopleura tenuisulcata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Macrochilina imbricata
(Sowerby 1827)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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Macrochilina elevata
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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? Natica meridionalis
Phillips 1841
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Whidborne 1896 | |||||||||
| recombined as Macrochilina meridionalis | ||||||||||
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Macrochilina ejecta
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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Macrochilina subimbricata
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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Macrochilina ventricosa
(Goldfuss 1844)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| replaced by Macrochilina naticaeformis | ||||||||||
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Macrochilina subcostata
(von Schlotheim 1820)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bensbergia subcostata | ||||||||||
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"Turbo" pengellii
Whidborne 1889
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| recombined as Bensbergia pengellii | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Loxonematidae
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Holopella tenuireticulata n. sp.
Whidborne 1891
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| synonym of Stylonema hennahiana | ||||||||||
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Holopella costata
(Sandberger and Sandberger 1853)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| synonym of Stylonema hennahiana | ||||||||||
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Holopella duplisulcata
Whidborne 1889
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| synonym of Stylonema hennahiana | ||||||||||
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Loxonema reticulatum
(Phillips 1841)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Clathronema reticulata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Scoliostomatidae
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Scoliostoma textatus
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
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Scoliostoma gracile
Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Scoliostomina gracile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Loxonema priscum
(Münster 1840)
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Whidborne 1891 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mesocoelia priscum | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia loxonemoides n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Devonocerithioides loxonemoides | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia turbinata
Bronn 1856
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Murchisonia treponema n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Murchisonia (Murchisonia) treponema | ||||||||||
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? Murchisonia obesa n. sp.
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Pleurotomaria cancellata
Phillips 1841
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Agniesella cancellata | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria chudleighensis n. sp.
Whidborne 1889
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| recombined as Agniesella chudleighensis | ||||||||||
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Polyplacophora
- Helminthochitonidae
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Helminthochiton papilio
Whidborne 1892
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Hippocardiidae
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Conocardium clathratum
(d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
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Whidborne 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Babinicardia clathrata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Devon |
| Coordinates: | 50.5° North, 3.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.2° South, 21.4° East | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Givetian | Conodont zone: | Polygnathus varcus |
| Age range of interval: | 387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Taxonomic list comments:Only gastropods entered from Wagner's Database. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | on the southwest outskirts of Newton Abbott | ||
| Database number: | 130270 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-06 04:55:40 | Last modified: | 2012-10-27 22:49:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-06 04:55:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16434. | G. F. Whidborne. 1889. On some Devonian cephalopods and gasteropods. Geological Magazine 6(1):29-30 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 12014 | J. Phillips. 1841. Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset; observed in the course of the Ordinance Geological Survey of that district. Geological Society of London 1-231 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 12083 | G. F. Whidborne. 1891. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume I - Part III. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 44:155-250 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 12015 | G. F. Whidborne. 1892. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume I - Part IV. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 45:251-335 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 16435 | G. F. Whidborne. 1892. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume II - Part I. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh (continued). Palaeontographical Society Monograph 45:1-56 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 16436 | G. F. Whidborne. 1896. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume III - Part I. The fauna of the Marwood and Pilton beds. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 50:1-112 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |