Protochonetes ludloviensis association, Whitcliffe Beds: Ludlow, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Kionoceratidae
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Kionoceras caniculatum
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Cephalopoda
- Paraphragmitidae
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Cyrtocycloceras tracheale
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Cephalopoda
- Ascocerida
- Ascoceratidae
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Ascoceras vermiforme
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phanerotrematidae
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Bembexia lloydii
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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recombined as Ulrichospira lloydii | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Pterothecidae
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Bucanopsis expansus
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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recombined as Phragmosphaera expansus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
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Platyceratacea informal sp. A
Hall 1859
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corrected as Platyceratoidea | ||||||||||
Platyceratacea informal sp. B
Hall 1859
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corrected as Platyceratoidea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Antipleuridae
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Dualina striata
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pteronitella retroflexa
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Ptychopteria tenuistriata
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Goniophora cymbaeformis
(Sowerby 1839)
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recombined as Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Grammysioidea sp.
(Williams 1916)
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original and current combination Grammysia (Grammysioidea) | ||||||||||
Sedgwickia amygdalina
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Nuculites antiqua
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Protochonetes ludloviensis
Muir-Wood 1962
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Lepidoleptaena sp.
Havlicek 1963
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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"Camarotoechia" nucula
(Sowerby 1839)
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recombined as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis clivosa
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Salopina lunata
(Sowerby 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa reticularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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original and current combination Anomia reticularis | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Dayiidae
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Dayia navicula
(Sowerby 1839)
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Craniata
- Craniopsida
- Craniopsidae
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Craniops implicata
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula lewisii
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea rugata
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
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? Trepostomata indet.
Ulrich 1882
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3 species, ramose bryozoans - originally entered as "? Trepostomata sp." | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Encrinuridae
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Encrinurus stubblefieldi
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 2.7° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.4° South, 12.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Ludlow |
10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | ||
Key time interval: | Ludlow | ||
Age range of interval: | 427.40000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Whitcliffe Beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Ludlow Series, Whitcliffe Beds" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Geology comments: "coquinoid sltst. nearshore- Eocoelia community equivalent. BA2" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:"R. Watkins, 1978. Bivalve ecology in a Silurian shelf environment. Lethaia 11:41-56"
Original list replaced by Watkins 1979's Table 20. Crinoidea - Crinoidea indet. Strophomenata Strophomenida - Shaleriidae Shaleria sp. Productida - Strophochonetidae Protochonetes sp. Rhynchonellata Athyridida - Dayiidae Dayia sp. Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae Camarotoechia sp. Spiriferida - Delthyrididae Howellella sp. Orthida - Draboviidae Salopina sp. Orthida - Dalmanellidae Isorthis sp. Lingulata Lingulida - Discinidae Orbiculoidea sp. Lingulida - Lingulidae Lingula sp. Polychaeta Serpulimorpha - Serpulites sp. Gastropoda Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae Bucanopsis sp. Euomphalina - Platyceratidae Cyclonema sp. Prosobranchia - ? Archaeogastropoda indet. Tentaculita Cornulitida - Cornulitidae Cornulites sp. Cephalopoda Nautiloidea - Nautiloidea indet. Bivalvia Carditida - Cardiniidae Cypricardinia sp. Cardiidia - Grammysiidae Sedgwickia sp. Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae Goniophora sp. Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae Modiolopsis sp. Cardiidia - "Pholadomyoida indet." = Pholadomyida Ostreida - Pterineidae Pteronitella sp. Ostreida - Pterineidae Ptychopteria sp. Protobranchia - Malletiidae Nuculites sp. Stenolaemata Trepostomata - ? Trepostomata indet. |
Metadata
Database number: | 478 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski, P. Wagner | Enterer: | M. Sommers, P. Wagner |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1998-12-15 16:17:03 | Last modified: | 2017-01-28 17:23:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-12-15 16:17:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25317. | R. Watkins. 1979. Benthic community organization in the Ludlow Series of the Welsh Borderland. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 31:175-280 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/J. Ju] |