Tortworth Inlier, Whitcliffe Beds: Ludlow, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Kionoceratidae
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Kionoceras angulatum
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Leurocycloceras whitcliffense
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Nuculites antiquus
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Goniophora cf. cymbaeformis
(Sowerby 1839)
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| recombined as Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Fuchsella amygdalina
(Sowerby 1827)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Protochonetes ludloviensis
Muir-Wood 1962
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Salopina lunata
(Sowerby 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Dayiidae
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Dayia navicula
(Sowerby 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Camarotoechia nucula
(Sowerby 1839)
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| recombined as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula | |||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Trematidae
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Schizocrania striata
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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: | 26.8° South, 12.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Whitcliffe Beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: silty mudstones with siltstone and thin limestone layers | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: BA 2-3 - taken from Cocks et al 2003. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49658 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | A. Krug |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-22 07:51:22 | Last modified: | 2017-05-16 09:14:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-22 07:51:22 |
| 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] |