Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni association, lower Leintwardine Beds: Ludlow, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tentaculita
- Cornulitida
- Cornulitidae
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Cornulites serpularius
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula lewisii
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Protochonetes ludloviensis
Muir-Wood 1962
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Shaleriidae
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Shaleria ornatella
(Davidson 1871)
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recombined as Shaleria (Janiomya) ornatella | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena depressa
(Sowerby 1824)
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recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa | ||||||||||
Lepidoleptaena sp.
Havlicek 1963
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella elegans
Muir-Wood 1925
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Hyattidinidae
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Hyattidina canalis
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Dayiidae
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Dayia navicula
(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
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Camarotoechia nucula
(Sowerby 1839)
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recombined as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Hebetoechiidae
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Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni
(de Sowerby 1816)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Salopina lunata
(Sowerby 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis clivosa
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Isorthis orbicularis
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites tenuis
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
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? Trepostomata indet.
Ulrich 1882
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7 species, ramose bryozoans - originally entered as "? Trepostomata indet." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Pterothecidae
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Bucanopsis expansus
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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recombined as Phragmosphaera expansus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Oriostomatidae
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Cyclonema corallii
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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original and current combination Turbo corallii | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia informal sp. D
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Praenuculidae
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Similodonta sp.
Soot-Ryen 1964
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pteronitella retroflexa
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Ptychopteria tenuistriata
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Actinopteria sowerbyi
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Cardiolidae
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Cardiola interrupta
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Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Sedgwickia amygdalina
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Cypricardiniidae
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Cypricardinia subplanulata
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Modiomorphidae informal sp. A
Miller 1877
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Goniophora cymbaeformis
(Sowerby 1839)
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recombined as Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Paracyclas insueta
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Proetus obconicus
Lindstrom 1885
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recombined as Plesiowensus obconicus | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Calymene neointermedia
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Acastidae
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Acastella spinosa
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Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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trochoid corals | ||||||||||
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: | Leintwardine Beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Ludlow series, lower Leintwardine Beds" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | hummocky CS siltstone |
Environment: | offshore |
Geology comments: "coquinoid sltst, bioturbated; shell beds; sheet sands; rippling storm beds. shelf; Pentamerus Comm. equiv.; proximal shelf environment" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Table 19 from Watkins: need to split this by beds!
Jack's original genus-only list replaced with Watkin's original list. Jack's list was: Crinoidea - Crinoidea indet. Triploblastica Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae Tentaculites sp. Strophomenata Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae Amphistrophia sp. Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae Leptostrophia sp. Strophomenida - Shaleriidae Shaleria sp. Strophomenida - Strophonellidae Strophonella sp. Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae Leptaena sp. Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae Mesopholidostrophia sp. Productida - Strophochonetidae Protochonetes sp., Shagamella sp. Rhynchonellata Athyridida - Dayiidae Dayia sp. Athyridida - Hyattidinidae Hyattidina sp. Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae Rhynchospirina sp. Atrypida - Atrypidae Atrypa sp. Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae Sphaerirhynchia sp. Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae Camarotoechia sp. Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae Rhynchonellidae sp. Spiriferida - Spiriferida indet. Spiriferida - Delthyrididae Howellella sp. Pentamerida - Gypidulidae Gypidula sp. Orthida - Draboviidae Salopina sp. Orthida - Rhipidomellidae Dalejina sp. Orthida - Dalmanellidae Isorthis sp. Lingulata Lingulida - Discinidae Orbiculoidea sp. Lingulida - Lingulidae Lingula sp. Craniata Craniopsida - Craniopsidae Craniops sp. Gastropoda Euomphalina - Euomphalidae ? Poleumita sp. Euomphalina - Platyceratidae Cyclonema sp., Leptozone sp. Prosobranchia - Archaeogastropoda indet. Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae ? Promourlonia sp. Tentaculita Cornulitida - Cornulitidae Cornulites sp. Cephalopoda Nautiloidea - Nautiloidea indet. Bivalvia Cardiidia - Grammysiidae Sedgwickia sp. Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae Goniophora sp. Lucinida - Mactromyidae Paracyclas sp. Ostreida - Pterineidae Pteronitella sp., Ptychopteria sp. Protobranchia - Malletiidae Nuculites sp. Stenolaemata Trepostomata - ? Trepostomata indet. Anthozoa Rugosa - Rugosa indet. |
Metadata
Database number: | 479 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1998-12-15 16:29:40 | Last modified: | 2017-01-28 17:24:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-12-15 16:29:40 |
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] |