Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire: Gorstian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Hemisiella maccoyiana
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lykophyllidae
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Phaulactis spp.
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites gothlandicus
Lamarck 1816
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Loxonematidae
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Loxonema spp.
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phanerotrematidae
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Bembexia lloydi
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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recombined as Ulrichospira lloydii | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Oriostomatidae
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Poleumita globosa
(von Schlotheim 1820)
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recombined as Oriostoma globosum | |||||||
Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Chilidiopsidae
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Coolinia pecten
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Shagamella ludloviensis
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Amphistrophiidae
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Amphistrophia funiculata
(M'Coy 1846)
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recombined as Amphistrophiella funiculata | |||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena rhomboidalis
(Wahlenberg 1818)
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recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis | |||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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Leptostrophia filosa
(Sowerby 1839)
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recombined as Mesoleptostrophia filosa | |||||||
Brachyprion spp.
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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
- Rhipidomellidae
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Dalejina hybrida
(Sowerby 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Gypidulidae
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Gypidula lata
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Eospirifer radiatus
(Sowerby 1834)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella elegans
Muir-Wood 1925
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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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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Beyrichiidae
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Beyrichia spp.
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Ostracoda
- Leperditellocopida
- Primitiidae
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Primitia sp.
Jones and Holl 1923
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Proetus spp.
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Dalmanitidae
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Dalmanites spp.
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Gloucestershire |
Coordinates: | 51.9° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 27.9° South, 12.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Ludlow |
Stage: | Gorstian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 |
Key time interval: | Gorstian | Graptolite zone: | Monograptus tumescens |
Age range of interval: | 427.40000 - 425.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bringewood | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Was Bringwood Beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray mudstone |
Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
Lithology description: grey and purplish-grey mudstones and siltstones, with strongly calcareous nodular beds in a few places. | |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Geology comments: BA 4 - taken from Cocks et al 2003. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:The list is for the Bringwood Beds of the Tortworh Inlier...it is the combination of several localities around this area. |
Metadata
Database number: | 49643 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | A. Krug |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-21 10:53:15 | Last modified: | 2017-05-12 12:43:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-21 10:53:15 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13293. | M.L.K. Curtis. 1972. The Silurian rocks of the Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 83(1):1-35 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/A. Krug] |