Shaleria ornatella association, upper Leitwardine Beds, Welsh Borderland (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.4° S, 12.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: upper Member (Leintwardine Beds Formation), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; siltstone

• "coquinoid slst, shell beds. sheet sands, rippling storm beds. nearshore, BA2 proximal shelf env."

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 533: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 12.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Watkins, 1979. Only taxa > 0.2% of fauna listed"
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid ossicles
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Shagamella sp., Protochonetes sp.
Shagamella sp. Boucot and Harper 1968
Protochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria sp.
Shaleria sp. Caster 1939
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Athyridida - Hyattidinidae
Hyattidina sp.
Hyattidina sp. Schuchert 1913
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia sp.
Dayia sp. Davidson 1881
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia sp.
Sphaerirhynchia sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina sp.
Salopina sp. Boucot 1960
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp.
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
? Trepostomata indet.
? Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
ramose bryozoans - originally entered as "? Trepostomata indet."
Gastropoda
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
platyceratacean
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronitella sp., Ptychopteria sp., Actinopteria sp.
Pteronitella sp. Billings 1874 oyster
Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola sp.
Cardiola sp. Broderip 1839 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Sedgwickia sp., Grammysioidea sp.
Sedgwickia sp. McCoy 1844 clam
Grammysioidea sp. Williams 1916 clam
 Cardiiformii -
"Modiomorphoida indet." = Modiomorphida
"Modiomorphoida indet." = Modiomorphida Newell 1969 clam
modiomorphoid
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp.
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
 Solenida - Orthonotidae
Orthonota sp.
Orthonota sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas sp.
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843 clam
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp.
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp.
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite