Snead Lane, Snead (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.7° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 16.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pentamerus Sandstone Formation, Aeronian (440.8 - 438.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: argillaceous shale

• arenaceous purple shales

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B.L. Pitcher. 1939. The Upper Valentian gastropod fauna of Shropshire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(4):82-132 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56397: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
Phanerotrema jugosum n. sp. Huxley and Etheridge 1865 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira cornovica Pitcher 1939 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira pulchra" = Longstaffia pulchra, "Lophospira woodlandi" = Arjamannia woodlandi
"Lophospira pulchra" = Longstaffia pulchra M'Coy 1844 snail
"Lophospira woodlandi" = Arjamannia woodlandi Longstaff 1924 snail
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema valenticum Pitcher 1939 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"? Holopella cancellata" = Rhabdostropha cancellata
"? Holopella cancellata" = Rhabdostropha cancellata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail