Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire: Gorstian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hemisiella maccoyiana
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lykophyllidae
Phaulactis spp.
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema spp.
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
Bembexia lloydi (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
recombined as Ulrichospira lloydii
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Poleumita globosa (von Schlotheim 1820)
recombined as Oriostoma globosum
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia pecten (Linnaeus 1758)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Shagamella ludloviensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Amphistrophia funiculata (M'Coy 1846)
recombined as Amphistrophiella funiculata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia filosa (Sowerby 1839)
recombined as Mesoleptostrophia filosa
Brachyprion spp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Camarotoechia nucula (Sowerby 1839)
recombined as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni (de Sowerby 1816)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hybrida (Sowerby 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula lata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer radiatus (Sowerby 1834)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula (Sowerby 1839)
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops implicata
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Beyrichia spp.
Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Primitiidae
Primitia sp. Jones and Holl 1923
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus spp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites spp.
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]