Whitcliffe (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Ludlow

Where: United Kingdom (52.4° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 11.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Whitcliffe (421.3 - 419.2 Ma)

• "Upper Ludlow" (meaning Ludfordian, and presumably Whitcliffe)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

• "Most of the specimens described in this paper occur as external moulds... studied by means of rubber latex casts"

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119402: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 24.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae
Cicerocrinus elegans Sollas 1900 Sea lily