Middle Elton Beds, Locality 7 (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (52.2° N, 3.4° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 13.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: scanicus and nilssoni zone, Middle Member (Elton Beds Formation), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• "Sil.: lower Ludlow; scanicus and nilssoni Z's"

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

• "laminated silty mudstone. basinal BA6. geosynclinal"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Watkins and W. B. N. Berry. 1977. Ecology of a Late Silurian fauna of graptolites and associated organisms. Lethaia 10:267-286 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 484: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 17.12.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "R. Watkins and W.B.N. Berry, 1977. Ecology of a late Silurian fauna of graptolites and assoc. orgs. Lethaia 10:267-286"
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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea -
Graptoloidea indet.
Graptoloidea indet. Lapworth 1875 graptolite
monograptids
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
"Saetograptus sp." = Saetograptus, "Colonograptus sp." = Saetograptus, Pristiograptus sp.
"Saetograptus sp." = Saetograptus graptolite
"Colonograptus sp." = Saetograptus graptolite
Pristiograptus sp. graptolite
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops sp.
Craniops sp. Hall 1859
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiria sp.
Aegiria sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes sp.
Protochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Buchiola sp.
Buchiola sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola sp.
Cardiola sp. Broderip 1839 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Slavidae
Slava sp.
Slava sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Dualina sp.
Dualina sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp.
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Ceratiocaris sp.
Ceratiocaris sp. M'Coy 1849