Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire, Palaeocyclus Band (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° S, 14.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tortworth Beds Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)
• Palaeocyclus Band and ashy limestone at base of Tortworth Beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; sandstone
• BA 4 - taken from Cocks et al 2003.
• decalcified sandstone.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M.L.K. Curtis. 1972. The Silurian rocks of the Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 83(1):1-35 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug/Z. Krug]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 49638: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 21.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• The list is for the Paleocyclus Band and ashy limestone at the base of the Tortworth Beds of the Tortworh Inlier...it is the combination of several localities around this area.
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| unclassified | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Rhabdocyclus spp. Lang and Smith 1939 horn coral
Palaeocyclus porpita Linnaeus 1767 horn coral | |
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Ptychophyllum spp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral | |
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Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral | |
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Favosites fibrilla tabulate coral
Favosites multipora tabulate coral
Favosites spp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
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Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral | |
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Heliolites cf. interstinctus tabulate coral
Heliolites murchisoni tabulate coral
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Poleumita discors Sowerby 1814 snail | |
"Poleumita globosa" = Oriostoma globosum
"Poleumita globosa" = Oriostoma globosum von Schlotheim 1820 snail | |
| Lingulata | |
"Orbiculoidea cf. forbesi" = Orbiculoidea forbesa
"Orbiculoidea cf. forbesi" = Orbiculoidea forbesa Davidson 1848 | |
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Lingula spp. Bruguiére 1797 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
Eospirifer radiatus, "Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus
Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818 | |
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Howellella spp. Kozlowski 1946 | |
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Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
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Costistricklandia lirata Sowerby 1839 | |
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Dolerorthis cf. psygma Lamont and Gilbert 1945 | |
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Platystrophia sp. King 1850 | |
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Camarotoechia spp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
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Eocoelia sulcata Prouty 1923 | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Coolinia pecten Linnaeus 1758 | |
"Pholidostrophia salopiensis" = Mesopholidostrophia salopiensis
"Pholidostrophia salopiensis" = Mesopholidostrophia salopiensis Cocks 1967 | |
"Leptostrophia compressa" = Palaeoleptostrophia compressa
"Leptostrophia compressa" = Palaeoleptostrophia compressa de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 | |
"Leptaena cf. emarginata" = Glossoleptaena emarginata, Leptaena rhomboidalis
"Leptaena cf. emarginata" = Glossoleptaena emarginata Barrande 1879
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
| Craniata | |
| Lophophorata | |
| Bryozoa | |
"Polyzoa indet." = Bryozoa
"Polyzoa indet." = Bryozoa Ehrenberg 1831 | |
| Ostracoda | |
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Beyrichia jonesi ostracod | |
| Trilobita | |
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Dalmanites weaveri trilobite | |
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Calymene replicata trilobite | |
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Encrinurus onniensis trilobite | |
"Proetus asaphoides" = Thebanaspis asaphoides
"Proetus asaphoides" = Thebanaspis asaphoides Curtis 1958 trilobite | |
| Crinoidea | |
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |