Knapp Land, Ledbury (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 12.1° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aymestry Limestone Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. G. Donald. 1899. Remarks on the genera Ectomaria, Koken, and Hormotoma, Salter, with descriptions of British species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 60(3):251-272 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156587: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon ledburiensis n. sp.3
Bellerophon ledburiensis n. sp.3 Reed 1921 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Tremanotus dilatatus3
Tremanotus dilatatus3 de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Ruedemannia robusta4
Ruedemannia robusta4 Lindström 1884 snail
BMNH specimens
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) coralli" = Cyrtostropha coralli1
"Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) coralli" = Cyrtostropha coralli1 de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
? Hormotoma piperi n. sp.
? Hormotoma piperi n. sp. Donald 1899 snail
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Prosolarium limata4
Prosolarium limata4 Lindström 1884 snail
BMNH specimens
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Loxonema (Rhabdostropha) grindrodii n. sp." = Rhabdostropha grindrodii2
"Loxonema (Rhabdostropha) grindrodii n. sp." = Rhabdostropha grindrodii2 Donald 1905 snail
1Donald 1902; 2Donald 1905; 3Reed 1921; 4Wagner 2023