Castleton area, marginal shelf and back reef: Asbian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia benburbensis
Caninia sp. Michelin 1840
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum bourtonense
Dibunophyllum bipartitum (McCoy 1849)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion basaltiforme
Lithostrotion irregulare
Lithostrotion mcoyanum
Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes septosus
unclassified
Calcisphaera sp. Williamson 1880
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Phillipsia sp. Portlock 1843
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes papilionacea
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Daviesiellidae
Daviesiella aff. comoides (Sowerby 1823)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella crenistria McIntosh 1974
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Sinuatella sinuata (de Koninck 1851)
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus hemisphericus
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Gigantoproductus maximus
Gigantoproductus spp.
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus punctatus (Martin 1809)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Plicatifera mesoloba
Eomarginifera sp. Muir-Wood 1930
Avonia youngiana
Overtonia fimbriata (Sowerby 1824)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Buxtonia scabricula
Dictyoclostus insculptus
Dictyoclostus pugilis
Dictyoclostus sp.
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Davidsoniidae
Davidsonia septosa
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria resupinata (Martin 1809)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax pugnus (Martin 1809)
recombined as Propriopugnus pugnus
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris expansa
Athyris sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia glabra (Sowerby 1821)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Spirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
recombined as Angiospirifer bisulcatus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Spirifer striatus (Martin 1809)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma hastata
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810
Euomphalus pentangulatus Sowerby 1814
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
    = Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851
Wagner 2023
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leiopteria sp. Hall 1883
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pseudamusium sp. Adams and Adams
spelled with current rank as Amusium (Pseudamussium)
species listed as "concentrico-lineatum"
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Allorisma murchisoni
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Sanguinolites sp. M'Coy 1844
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
Foraminiferida
Foraminiferida indet. (Eichwald 1830)
spelled with current rank as Foraminifera
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Koninckopora inflata de Koninck 1842
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella ducii
Girvanella incrustans
Girvanella nicholsoni
Girvanella staminea
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Derbyshire
Coordinates: 53.3° North, 1.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.4° South, 1.6° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
*Period:Early/Lower Carboniferous *Epoch:Visean
*International age/stage:Asbian
Key time interval:Asbian Zone: D1
Age range of interval:340.20000 - 336.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Formation name unknown = "D1 limestone with Cyrtina band."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal,shelly/skeletal lithified packstone
Lithology description: rocks that occur with about a qtr-mile of the reef [presumably the marginal shelf and back reef rocks] are calcarenites with less than 10% quartz and from 10-80% oolitic grains. [called spergenites]. they are composed of shell debris, simple, composite and oolitic grains set in a clear calcite cement. clay sized crystals...are almost absent.
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5991
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Sommers, P. Wagner
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-01-12 16:23:32 Last modified:2011-04-04 04:40:25
Access level:the public Released:2000-01-12 16:23:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
382. E. B. Wolfenden. 1958. Paleoecology of the Carboniferous reef complex and shelf limestones in the northwest Derbyshire, England. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 69:871-898 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]

Secondary references:

9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]