Deer Park Road Section #6: Ludfordian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Lingula lata
Portlock 1843
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0.24 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Microsphaeridiorhynchia nucula
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18.42 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Hyolithes forbesi
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1.14 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula lewisi
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0.80 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea rugata
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0.29 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Craniata
- Craniopsida
- Craniopsidae
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Craniops implicatus
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0.03 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Protochonetes ludloviensis
Muir-Wood 1962
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43.22 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Dayiidae
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Dayia navicula
(Sowerby 1839)
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0.11 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Salopina lunata
(Sowerby 1839)
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13.43 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis sp.
Kozlowski 1929
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0.11 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Ceramoporidae
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Ceramopora sp.
Hall 1851
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0.53 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Heterotrypidae
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Leioclema sp.
Ulrich 1882
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2.84 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Serpulites longissimus
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2.58 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Kionoceratidae
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Kionoceras angulatum
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0.06 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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0.16 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Michelinoceras bullatum
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0.78 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Loxonematidae
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Loxonema obsoletum
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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0.23 %-specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Loxonema obsoleta | ||||||||||
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Loxonema gregarium
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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0.05 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Liospira sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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0.03 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Oriostomatidae
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Cyclonema corallii
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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0.11 %-specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turbo corallii | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Naticopsis cf. trevorpatriciorum
Peel 1975
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0.03 %-specimens | |||||||||
| corrected as Naticopsis trevorpaticiciorum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Nuculites antiquas
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0.11 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Nuculites ovata
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0.03 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Fuchsella amygdalina
(Sowerby 1827)
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11.81 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Goniophora cymbaeformis
(Sowerby 1839)
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0.10 %-specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
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Scaldianella simplex
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0.08 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Hebellum cf. tetragonum
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0.03 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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| solitary coral | ||||||||||
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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: | 11.62 - 14.59 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: | 8315 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-05 17:46:08 | Last modified: | 2000-07-05 20:46:08 |
| 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] |