Leintwardine starfish bed: Leintwardine, United Kingdom
collected by H. L. Hawkins 1926

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Gissocrinus ludensis n. sp. Ramsbottom 1958
Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae
Mastigocrinus bravoniensis n. sp. Ramsbottom 1958
Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Eutaxocrinus maccoyanus (Salter 1873)
Crinoidea - Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae
Pisocrinus cf. sphericus Rowley 1904
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Hapalocrinidae
Hapalocrinus quinquepennis n. sp. Ramsbottom 1958
Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae
Urasterella ruthveni (Forbes 1848)
Lewis et al. 2007
Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Palasterina antiqua (Hisinger 1837)
Lewis et al. 2007
Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Coccaster bulbiferus Spencer 1916
Lewis et al. 2007
Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae
Loriolaster sp. Stürtz 1886
Lewis et al. 2007
Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Furcaster leptosoma (Salter 1857)
Lewis et al. 2007
Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Lapworthuridae
Lapworthura miltoni (Salter 1857)
Lewis et al. 2007
Stenuroidea
Stuertzaster colvini
Lewis et al. 2007
Stuertzaster marstoni (Salter 1857)
Lewis et al. 2007
Stenuroidea - Bdellacomidae
Bdellocoma vermiformis (Salter 1857)
Lewis et al. 2007
recombined as Bdellacoma vermiformis
Stenuroidea - Rhopalocomidae
Rhopalocoma pyrotechnica (Salter 1857)
Lewis et al. 2007
Ophiocistioidea - Sollasinidae
Sollasina woodwardi (Sollas 1899)
Lewis et al. 2007
Echinoidea - Lepidocentridae
Palaeodiscus ferox
Lewis et al. 2007
Echinoidea - Echinocystitoida - Echinocystitidae
Echinocystites pomum
Lewis et al. 2007
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Subrianidae
Conchidium sp. Oehlert 1887
Goldring and Stephenson 1972
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom County:Leintwardine
Coordinates: 52.4° North, 2.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.5° South, 11.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Pridoli
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Leintwardine
Age range of interval:421.30000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lower Leintwardine
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Monograptus leintwardinensis Zone according to Ramsbottom 1958
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,bioturbation lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal
Geology comments: "lagoonal" according to Ramsbottom 1958
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:H. L. Hawkins Collection dates:1926
Collection method comments: "Most of the specimens described in this paper occur as external moulds... studied by means of rubber latex casts" (Ramsbottom 1958)
BM and GSM collections
Taxonomic list comments:combines material from the Church Hill Quarry and the Martin's Shell Quarry, although all material described by Ramsbottom 1958 is from the Church Hill Quarry
Metadata
Also known as:Church Hill Quarry; Martin's Shell Quarry
Database number:95143
Authorizer:L. Villier, J. Alroy Enterer:L. Villier, J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-04-08 01:45:05 Last modified:2011-10-23 21:35:36
Access level:the public Released:2010-04-08 01:45:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
22095. W. H. C. Ramsbottom. 1958. British Upper Silurian crinoids from the Ludlovian. Palaeontology 1:106-115 [G. Webster/G. Webster]

Secondary references:

32404 R. Goldring and D. G. Stephenson. 1972. The depositional environment of three starfish beds. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1972(10):611-624 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
34160 D. N. Lewis, S. K. Donovan, P. Crabb and D.J. Gladwell. 2007. A field guide to the Silurian Echinodermata of the British Isles: Part 1 - Eleutherozoa and Rhombifera. Scripta Geologica 134:27-59 [L. Villier/L. Villier]