Dalmanella unguis association (Phases 1 and 2), South Salop, England: Soudleyan - Marshbrookian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
Tallinnella sp. Opik 1937
Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Primitiidae
Primitia sp. Jones and Holl 1923
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833
Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Decoroproetus sp. Pribyl 1946
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Broeggerolithus sp. Lamont 1935
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Brongniartella sp. Reed 1918
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Chasmops sp. M'Coy 1849
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Kjerulfina sp. Bancroft 1929
Hedstroemina sp. Bancroft 1929
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Chonetoidea sp. Jones 1928
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae
Reuschella sp. Bancroft 1928
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella unguis (Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhactorthidae
Rhactorthis sp. Williams 1963
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Palaeoglossa sp. Cockerell 1911
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Similodonta sp. Soot-Ryen 1964
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 52.0° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° South, 17.7° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Sandbian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Middle Caradoc
*International age/stage:Soudleyan - Marshbrookian
Key time interval:Soudleyan - Marshbrookian
Age range of interval:458.40000 - 454.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Facies analysis of several formations in Type Caradoc
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples,grading,burrows lithified silty sandstone
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: Medium to fine-grained silty sandstone with parallel lamination, low angle cross-lamination and occasional ripple laminations, and bioturbation
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3651
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-06 08:15:22 Last modified:1999-08-06 11:15:22
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
166. J. M. Hurst. 1979. Evolution, succession & replacement in the type Caradoc (Ordovician) benthic faunas of England. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 27:189-246 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]