Shelve District, Shropshire, Arenig, Mytton Flags, Locality 15: Arenig, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Diplarelasma sp.
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Elkaniidae
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Monobolina plumbea
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Palaeoglossa myttonensis
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Dalmanella elementaria
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Euorthisinidae
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Euorthisina cf. moesta
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Shropshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.7° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.1° South, 15.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2 |
| Key time interval: | Arenig |
| Age range of interval: | 477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mytton Flags |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | micaceous siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Lithology description: unlaminated micaceous siltstones and fine-grained crystal tuffs, with occassional laminated siltstones and shales. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Brachiopods only | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 43924 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | A. Krug |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-29 11:20:23 | Last modified: | 2012-08-20 22:21:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-29 11:20:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11552. | A. Williams. 1974. Ordovician Brachiopoda from the Shelve District, Shropshire. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology), Supplement 11:1-158 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/M. Uhen] |