Protochonetes ludloviensis association, Whitcliffe Beds: Ludlow, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras caniculatum
Cephalopoda - Paraphragmitidae
Cyrtocycloceras tracheale
Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae
Ascoceras vermiforme
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
Bembexia lloydii (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
recombined as Ulrichospira lloydii
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Bucanopsis expansus (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
recombined as Phragmosphaera expansus
Gastropoda - Euomphalina
Platyceratacea informal sp. A Hall 1859
corrected as Platyceratoidea
Platyceratacea informal sp. B Hall 1859
corrected as Platyceratoidea
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Dualina striata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronitella retroflexa
Ptychopteria tenuistriata
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora cymbaeformis (Sowerby 1839)
recombined as Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Grammysioidea sp. (Williams 1916)
original and current combination Grammysia (Grammysioidea)
Sedgwickia amygdalina
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites antiqua
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes ludloviensis Muir-Wood 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Lepidoleptaena sp. Havlicek 1963
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Camarotoechia" nucula (Sowerby 1839)
recombined as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis clivosa
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata (Sowerby 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula (Sowerby 1839)
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops implicata
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula lewisii
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea rugata
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
? Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
3 species, ramose bryozoans - originally entered as "? Trepostomata sp."
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus stubblefieldi
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]