Atrypa-coral association, upper Bringewood Beds, Welsh Borderland (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° S, 12.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Monograptus tumescens graptolite zone, upper Member (Bringewood Beds Formation), Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)

• "Ludlow Series"

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; silty limestone

• "ls. (Aymestry Ls.l facies), silty, thick bedded. nearshore- BA3 (high energy env., shelf-edge barrier, calc algae present)"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Watkins. 1979. Benthic community organization in the Ludlow Series of the Welsh Borderland. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 31:175-280 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 529: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 07.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Watkins, 1979. Only taxa > .2% of fauna listed"
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid ossicles
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp.
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferida indet.
Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia sp.
Sphaerirhynchia sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp.
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp.
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia) Bancroft 1949
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Shagamella sp., Protochonetes sp.
Shagamella sp. Boucot and Harper 1968
Protochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Mesopholidostrophia sp.
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria sp.
Shaleria sp. Caster 1939
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella sp.
Strophonella sp. Hall 1879
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
"Orbiculoides sp." = Orbiculoidea
"Orbiculoides sp." = Orbiculoidea d'Orbigny 1847
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet.
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
monotrypa bryozoans
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Bembexia sp.
Bembexia sp. Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma sp.
Oriostoma sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronitella sp.
Pteronitella sp. Billings 1874 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras sp.
Kionoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
trochoid corals