PBDB Collection

Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire, Brinkmarsh Beds, above upper limestone (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 13.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Brinkmarsh Beds Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• above upper limestone band

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; mudstone and shale

• BA 2 - taken from Cocks et al 2003.

• soft mudstones and shales throughout

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M.L.K. Curtis. 1972. The Silurian rocks of the Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 83(1):1-35 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug/Z. Krug]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49642: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 21.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

• The list is for the beds above the upper limestone bands of the Brinkmarsh Beds of the Tortworh Inlier...it is the combination of several localities around this area.

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Bivalvia
Pectinida - Leiopectinidae	Palaeopecten cf. danbyi Palaeopecten cf. danbyi scallop
Ostreida - Pterineidae	Pterinea cf. lineatula, Ptychopteria sp., "Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) cf. pleuroptera" = Actinopteria Pterinea cf. lineatula oyster Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883 oyster "Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) cf. pleuroptera" = Actinopteria oyster
Craniata
Craniopsida - Craniopsidae	Craniops implicata Craniops implicata
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae	"Trigonirhynchia stricklandi" = Trigonirhynchia stricklandii, "Camarotoechia cf. nucula" = Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula "Trigonirhynchia stricklandi" = Trigonirhynchia stricklandii Sowerby and Murchison 1839 "Camarotoechia cf. nucula" = Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula Sowerby 1839
Spiriferida - Delthyrididae	Howellella cf. angustiplicata Howellella cf. angustiplicata
Athyridida - Meristellidae	Meristina obtusa Meristina obtusa Dalman 1828
Orthida - Proschizophoriidae	Proschizophoria degelliana Proschizophoria degelliana
Orthida - Draboviidae	Salopina conservatrix Salopina conservatrix McLearn 1924
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	Leptaena rhomboidalis, "Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 "Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa Sowerby 1824
Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae	"Amphistrophia funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata "Amphistrophia funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata M'Coy 1846
Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae	Protochonetes cf. ceratoides Protochonetes cf. ceratoides
Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae	Coolinia applanata, Coolinia pecten Coolinia applanata Salter 1846 Coolinia pecten Linnaeus 1758
Lophophorata
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae	Tentaculites anglicus Tentaculites anglicus
Stenolaemata
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	Fenestella spp. Fenestella spp. Lonsdale 1839
Trilobita
Phacopida - Homalonotidae	Homalonotus sp. Homalonotus sp. König 1825 trilobite
Phacopida - Dalmanitidae	Dalmanites spp., Dalmanites caudatus Dalmanites spp. Barrande 1852 trilobite Dalmanites caudatus Brünnich 1781 trilobite
Phacopida - Acastidae	Acaste cf. inflata, Acaste downingiae Acaste cf. inflata trilobite Acaste downingiae Murchison 1839 trilobite
Anthozoa
Favositida - Favositidae	Favosites gothlandicus Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral