Dinorthis flabellum community (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: England , United Kingdom (52.6° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 17.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• "basal Caradoc"

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; sandstone

• "coarse sandy sediments. shallow water; 'coastal areas not far below the low tide level' (BA1-2?)"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. S. McKerrow. 1979. Ordovician and Silurian changes in sea level. Journal of the Geological Society 136:137-144 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 434: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 08.12.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "McKerrow, 1978. pp76-80, fig.10"
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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis sp.
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Harknessellidae
Harknessella sp.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Palaeoglossa sp.
Palaeoglossa sp. Cockerell 1911
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp.
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp.
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp.
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam