PBDB Collection

Shineton (Sheinton) (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Shineton Shale, Upper Tremadoc, Shropshire, UK

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 73.8° S, 17.7° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Arenaceous Member (Shineton Shale Formation), Migneintian (485.4 - 478.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• Fissile, micaceous blue shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. Stubblefield and O. M. B. Bulman. 1927. The Shineton Shales of the Wrekin District. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 83:96-146 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3710: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 07.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
Reticulosa - Protospongiidae	Protospongia sp. Protospongia sp. Salter 1864 glass sponge originally entered as "Protospongia" sp."

Rhombifera - Macrocystellidae	Macrocystella mariae n. gen. n. sp. Macrocystella mariae n. gen. n. sp. Callaway 1877
Ostracoda
Palaeocopida - Primitiidae	? Primitia sp. ? Primitia sp. Jones and Holl 1923 ostracod originally entered as "Primitia? sp."
Artiopoda
Agnostida - Agnostidae	"Agnostus calvus" = Micragnostus calvus "Agnostus calvus" = Micragnostus calvus Lake 1906
Agnostida - Metagnostidae	Geragnostus callavei Geragnostus callavei
Trilobita
Asaphida - Hungaiidae	Dikelokephalina furca Dikelokephalina furca trilobite
Asaphida - Asaphidae	Asaphellus homfrayi Asaphellus homfrayi Salter 1866 trilobite
Asaphida - Remopleurididae	Apatokephalus serratus Apatokephalus serratus Boeck 1838 trilobite
Asaphida - Ceratopygidae	Dichelepyge sp., "? Macropyge chermi" = Macropyge, "Lichapyge cuspidata" = Macropyge Dichelepyge sp. Harrinton and Leanza 1952 trilobite "? Macropyge chermi" = Macropyge trilobite originally entered as "Macropyge? sp." "Lichapyge cuspidata" = Macropyge trilobite
Asaphida - Nileidae	Platypeltoides croftii Platypeltoides croftii Callaway 1877 trilobite
Asaphida - Cyclopygidae	"Cyclopyge genatenta" = Prospectatrix genatenta "Cyclopyge genatenta" = Prospectatrix genatenta Stubblefield and Bulman 1927 trilobite
Trinucleida - Alsataspididae	Orometopus pyrus n. sp. Orometopus pyrus n. sp. trilobite
Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae	"Shumardia pusilla" = Conophrys pusilla "Shumardia pusilla" = Conophrys pusilla Sars 1835 trilobite
Olenida - Olenidae	Bienvillia sp., Parabolinella triarthurus, Leptoplastides salteri Bienvillia sp. Clark 1924 trilobite Parabolinella triarthurus trilobite Olenus triarthurus Leptoplastides salteri Callaway 1877 trilobite
Olenida - Eulomidae	Proteuloma monile Proteuloma monile trilobite Euloma monile or Concoryphe monile
Gastropoda
Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae	"Bellerophon shinetonensis n. sp." = Strepsodiscus shinetonensis "Bellerophon shinetonensis n. sp." = Strepsodiscus shinetonensis Callaway 1877 snail originally entered as "Bellerophon" sp."
Hyolitha
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae	Hyolithes magnificus Hyolithes magnificus originally entered as "Hyolithus" sp."
Orthothecida - Orthothecidae	Orthotheca lineata Orthotheca lineata originally entered as "Orthotheca" sp."
Rhynchonellata
Orthida - Archaeorthidae	"Eoorthis aff. wimani" = Archaeorthis wimani "Eoorthis aff. wimani" = Archaeorthis wimani Walcott 1905
Lingulata
Lingulida - Obolidae	Lingulella nicholsoni Lingulella nicholsoni