Weaver Hills District, Weaver Beds (bedded limestone): Chadian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cladoconchus bacillaris
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Cliothyridina cf. glabistria
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Emmonsia parasitica
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Favosites sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Micheliniidae
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Michelinia megastoma
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Syringoporidae
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Syringopora geniculata
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Syringopora ramulosa
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Syringopora reticulata
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Aulophyllidae
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Rylstonia sp.
Hudson and Platt 1927
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathaxoniidae
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Cyathaxonia rushiana
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Cyathaxonia cornu
Michelin 1846
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathopsidae
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Caninia gigantea
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Caninia cornucopiae
Michelin 1840
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Amplexidae
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Amplexus coralloides
Sowerby 1814
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Zaphrentidae
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Zaphrentis enniskilleni
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| synonym of Zaphrenthis | ||||||||||
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Zaphrentis omaliusi
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| synonym of Zaphrenthis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Verbeekiellidae
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Cravenia sp.
Hudson 1928
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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Lithostrotion cf. martini
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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| recombined as Siphonodendron martini | ||||||||||
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Diphyphyllum sp.
Lonsdale 1845
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lonsdaleiidae
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Carcinophyllum sp.
Thomson and Nicholson 1876
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria resupinata
(Martin 1809)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Choristitidae
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Spirifer cf. bisulcatus
Sowerby 1825
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| recombined as Angiospirifer bisulcatus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer bicarinata
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Spirifer striatus
(Martin 1809)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Brachythyrididae
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Brachythyris pinguis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Martiniidae
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Martinia glabra
(Sowerby 1821)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Phricodothyris lineata
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia pleurodon
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Pugnacidae
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Pugnax acuminatus
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Dielasmatidae
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Dielasma hastata
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena analoga
(Phillips 1836)
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| recombined as Leptagonia analoga | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes hardrensis
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Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
(Martin 1809)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productus garwoodi
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Eomarginifera cf. pseudoplicatilis
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Plicatifera humerosa
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Plicatifera mesoloba
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Plicatifera plicatilis
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Avonia youngiana
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Pustula pyxidiformis
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Pustula cf. pustulosa
(Phillips 1836)
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Echinoconchus punctatus
(Martin 1809)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus cora
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Pulsiidae
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Schellwienella crenistria
McIntosh 1974
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Staffordshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.8° North, 2.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.8° South, 0.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Visean |
| *International age/stage: | Chadian | ||
| Key time interval: | Chadian | Zone: | C2 |
| Age range of interval: | 346.70000 - 340.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Weaver Beds |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,red lithified calcareous mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | silty,cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: thinly bedded, pinkish, calcareous mudstones, impure earthy limestones, and cherty limestones. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Crinoidal limestones, none identified. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 5972 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-01-07 17:01:49 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-01-07 17:01:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 380. | A. Ludford. 1951. The stratigraphy of the Carboniferous rocks of the Weaver Hills District, North Staffordshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 106:211-229 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] |