Deer Park Road Section #3: Ludfordian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Microsphaeridiorhynchia nucula
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3.64 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Keilorites sp.
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0.06 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Hyolithes forbesi
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0.70 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea rugata
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0.12 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Craniata
- Craniopsida
- Craniopsidae
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Craniops implicatus
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0.28 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Protochonetes ludloviensis
Muir-Wood 1962
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54.48 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella sp.
Kozlowski 1946
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0.07 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Dayiidae
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Dayia navicula
(Sowerby 1839)
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10.03 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Salopina lunata
(Sowerby 1839)
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7.62 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Ceramoporidae
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Ceramopora sp.
Hall 1851
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2.33 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Heterotrypidae
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Leioclema sp.
Ulrich 1882
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4.30 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Serpulites longissimus
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0.58 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Spirorbis lewisi
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0.14 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Kionoceratidae
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Kionoceras angulatum
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0.60 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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0.26 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Michelinoceras bullatum
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4.30 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Paraphragmitidae
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Paraphragmites ibex
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0.76 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Pterothecidae
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Bucanopsis expansus
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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0.14 %-specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Phragmosphaera expansus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
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Murchisonia sp.
d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
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0.07 %-specimens | |||||||||
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= Murchisonioidea indet.
Koken 1896
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Loxonematidae
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Loxonema obsoletum
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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0.28 %-specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Loxonema obsoleta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Oriostomatidae
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Cyclonema corallii
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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0.51 %-specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turbo corallii | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Nuculites antiquas
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0.46 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Nuculites ovata
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0.00 %-specimens | |||||||||
| not sure if this is typo or round-down | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solemyida
- Solemyidae
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Solenomya sp.
(Children 1823)
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0.07 %-specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Solemya | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pteronitella retroflexa
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0.07 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Pterinea lineata
Goldfuss 1863
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0.06 %-specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Tolmaia lineata | ||||||||||
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Pterinea tenuistriata
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0.95 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Cardiolidae
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Cardiola interrupta
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0.39 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Fuchsella amygdalina
(Sowerby 1827)
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5.21 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Grammysia sp.
de Verneuil 1847
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0.28 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiocyprididae
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Cytherellina siliqua
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0.60 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
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Scaldianella simplex
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1.08 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Hebellum cf. tetragonum
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1.08 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Platycopida
- Cavellinidae
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Cavellina cf. primaria
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0.00 %-specimens | |||||||||
| not sure if typo or round-down | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Encrinuridae
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Encrinurus sp.
Emmrich 1844
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0.05 %-specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.5° North, 2.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.7° South, 12.3° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Ludlow |
| Stage: | Ludfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Silurian | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Ludlovian |
| *International age/stage: | Late/Upper Ludfordian | ||
| Key time interval: | Ludfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 425.60000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Overton | ||||
| Local section: | Deer Park Road | Local bed: | 3.11 - 5.96 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Whitcliffe Beds. Not sure if section really is numbered bottom to top... | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | current ripples,wave ripples,bioturbation,shelly/skeletal lithified siltstone |
| Lithology description: interbedded highly bioturbated calcareous siltstones in which most lamination destroyed by bioturbation. alternates with thin 'storm generated' siltstone and shell laminae. minor scour channels and slumping. occassional symmetric and asymmetric ripple laminae. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:18047 total specimens FOR ALL 7 entries in this section. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 8312 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Wagner | Enterer: | M. Sommers, P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-05 16:55:14 | Last modified: | 2000-07-05 19:55:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 570. | D. D. J. Antia. 1981. Faunas from the Upper Silurian (Upper Ludlovian) in the Ludlow-Much Wenlock District, England. Geological Journal 16:137-147 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |