Lower Longhope Beds, May Hill inlier: Ludlow, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cyclonema (Turbo) coralli
de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Beyrichiidae
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Beyrichia lauensis
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Beyrichia torosa
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bythocyprididae
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Bythocypris siliqua
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Calymene intermedia
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Proetus sp.
Steininger 1831
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Tentaculita
- Cornulitida
- Cornulitidae
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Cornulites serpularius
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Lituitida
- Lituitidae
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Lituites ibex
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Kionoceratidae
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Kionoceras angulatum
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Michelinoceras (Orthoceras) bullatum
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Michelinoceras (Orthoceras) ibex
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Michelinoceras (Orthoceras) imbricatum
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Pterothecidae
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Bucaniopsis (Bellerophon) expansus
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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| recombined as Phragmosphaera expansus | ||||||||||
| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Hormotoma (Murchisonia) articulata
(Murchison 1839)
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phanerotrematidae
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Bembexia (Murchisonia) lloydi
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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| recombined as Ulrichospira lloydii | ||||||||||
| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Nuculites (Cucullella) antiquus
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pteronitella retroflexa
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Pterinea sp.
Goldfuss 1832
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Fuchsella (Orthonota) amygdalina
(Sowerby 1827)
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Goniophora cymbaeformis
(Sowerby 1839)
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| recombined as Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis | ||||||||||
| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites tenuis
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Whitfieldella canalis
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| "Common" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Dayiidae
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Dayia navicula
(Sowerby 1839)
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Delthyris elegans
Muir-Wood 1925
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Dalmanella lunata
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Dalmanella orbicularis
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa reticularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Anomia reticularis | ||||||||||
| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Hebetoechiidae
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Sphaerirhynchia (Wilsonia) wilsoni
(de Sowerby 1816)
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Camarotoechia nucula
(Sowerby 1839)
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| recombined as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula | ||||||||||
| "Common" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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Leptostrophia filosa
(Sowerby 1839)
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| recombined as Mesoleptostrophia filosa | ||||||||||
| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Shaleriidae
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Shaleria (Brachyprion) ornatella
(Davidson 1871)
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| recombined as Shaleria (Janiomya) ornatella | ||||||||||
| "Common" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes lepismus
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Chonetes striatellus
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| "Common" | ||||||||||
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Craniata
- Craniopsida
- Craniopsidae
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Craniops (Pholidops) implicata
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula lewisii
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea rugata
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| "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| "Polyzoan" "Fairly common" | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Stenoporidae
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Stenopora fibrosa
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Serpulites longissimus
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| "Present" | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Wales |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° South, 12.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | Lower Longhope Beds | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Listed as Upper Ludlow. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified calcareous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Grayish-olive, flaggy, calcareous siltstones with some shelly limestone bands | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74671 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Hearn |
| Modifier: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-23 12:52:16 | Last modified: | 2007-09-26 18:19:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-23 12:52:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25144. | J. D. Lawson. 1955. The geology of the May Hill Inlier. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 111:85-116 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall] |