Dudley, West Midlands (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Dudley, Wenlock Limestone

Where: United Kingdom (52.5° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 12.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Colonograptus ludensis graptolite zone, Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• PJW: Was Wenlock Limestone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Opik. 1933. Über Plectamboniten. Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis, (A) 24(7):1-79 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165514: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 20.01.2015, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum Lindstrom 1861
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Producta depressa n. sp." = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa3
"Producta depressa n. sp." = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa3 Sowerby 1824
Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
"Richterarges bucklandii" = Borealarges bucklandii4 Milne Edwards 1840 trilobite
Platylichas (Rontrippa) grayii4 Fletcher 1850 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites myops4 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Staurocephalus cf. murchisoni1 Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene blumenbachii n. sp.4 Brongniart 1822 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Plesiowensus confossus" = Pseudogerastos confossus4 Owens 1973 trilobite
Warburgella (Warburgella) stokesii4 Murchison 1839 trilobite
"Cyphoproetus depressus" = Cyphoproetus depressa2 Barrande 1846 trilobite
Falcatoproetus falcatus4 Owens 1973 trilobite