Onniella reuschi-Sowerbyella sericea association (phase 1), South Salop, England (Ordovician to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 51.0° S, 17.7° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Soudleyan to Soudleyan (458.4 - 454.0 Ma)

• Facies analysis of several formations in type Caradoc

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, burrowed sandstone and siltstone

• Low angle crossbedded and parallel laminated sandstone and siltstone with some bioturbation

Primary reference: J. M. Hurst. 1979. Evolution, succession & replacement in the type Caradoc (Ordovician) benthic faunas of England. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 27:189-246 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3654: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 06.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp.
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
Bivalvia
 Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
"? Avicula orbicularis" = Cycloconcha speciosa
"? Avicula orbicularis" = Cycloconcha speciosa McCoy 1846 clam
originally entered as "Avicula? sp."
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp.
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Similodonta sp.
Similodonta sp. Soot-Ryen 1964 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Schizocrania sp.
Schizocrania sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Palaeoglossa sp.
Palaeoglossa sp. Cockerell 1911
 Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
Pseudolingula sp.
Pseudolingula sp. Mickwitz 1909
Rhynchonellata
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Harknessellidae
Reuschella sp., Horderleyella sp.
Reuschella sp. Bancroft 1928
Horderleyella sp. Bancroft 1928
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella reuschi, Dalmanella sp.
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
Heterorthina sp., Heterorthis sp.
Heterorthina sp. Bancroft 1928
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp.
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Rhactorthidae
Rhactorthis sp.
Rhactorthis sp. Williams 1963
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp.
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Kjerulfina sp., Hedstroemina sp.
Kjerulfina sp. Bancroft 1929
Hedstroemina sp. Bancroft 1929
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Chonetoidea sp.
Chonetoidea sp. Jones 1928
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Sowerbyella sericea" = Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea
"Sowerbyella sericea" = Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea Sowerby 1839
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp.
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Chasmops sp.
Chasmops sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp.
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Broeggerolithus sp.
Broeggerolithus sp. Lamont 1935 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Primitiidae
Primitia sp.
Primitia sp. Jones and Holl 1923 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Tallinnella sp.
Tallinnella sp. Opik 1937 ostracod