Rushton (Cambrian of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 86.4° S, 25.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Limestone Member (Lower Comley Formation), Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
• Rushton (1974): shallow-water environment
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: I. Hinz. 1987. The Lower Cambrian microfauna of Comley and Rushton, Shropshire, England. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(1-3):41-100 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79933: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.03.2008
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Taxonomic list
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Rhombocorniculum cancellatum Cobbold 1921 | |
Helcionelloida | |
Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895 | |
Latouchella sp. Cobbold 1921 | |
Lingulata | |
"Acrotreta ophirensis" = Linnarssonia ophirensis
"Acrotreta ophirensis" = Linnarssonia ophirensis Walcott 1902 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Eccentrotheca kanesia Landing et al. 1980 | |
Lapworthella "morphotype B" Cobbold 1921
Lapworthella "morphotype C" Cobbold 1921 | |
Hyolitha | |
Turcutheca "sp. indet." Rozanov et al. 1969 | |
Palaeoscolecida | |
Cowiella reticulata Hinz 1987
Cowiella undulata n. sp. Hinz 1987
Cowiella verrucata n. sp. Hinz 1987 | |
Rushtonites spinosus n. gen. n. sp.
Rushtonites spinosus n. gen. n. sp. Hinz 1987 | |
Conodonta | |
Hertzina elongata conodont | |
Amphigeisina danica conodont | |
Life | |
Rushtonia sp. Cobbold and Pocock 1934 |