Weaver Hills District, Cauldon Low Conglomerate (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.0° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.5° S, 0.5° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: C2 zone, Cauldon Low Conglomerate Formation, Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, conglomeratic, calcareous conglomerate and limestone

• lenticular masses of quartzose conglomerate, limestones with a few pebbles, crinoidal limestones and in one place fine grained sandstone. included pebbles are 1-2 mm to a few inches. subangular, some limestone, remaining vein qtz and quartzite usually less than an inch.

Primary reference: A. Ludford. 1951. The stratigraphy of the Carboniferous rocks of the Weaver Hills District, North Staffordshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 106:211-229 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5971: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 07.01.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Crinoidal limestones, none identified.
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unclassified
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Cliothyridina roysii, Thomasia margaritacea
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora ramulosa
Syringopora ramulosa tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis enniskilleni" = Zaphrenthis, "Zaphrentis omaliusi" = Zaphrenthis, "Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis enniskilleni" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
"Zaphrentis omaliusi" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia rushiana
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
? Koninckophyllum sp.
? Koninckophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia sp.
Reticularia sp. Frederiks 1915
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia cf. glabra
Martinia cf. glabra Sowerby 1821
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris integricosta, Brachythyris ovalis
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer aff. grandicostatus, Spirifer semicircularis
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Actinoconchus cf. expansa, Composita ambigua, Composita cf. ambigua
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria resupinata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella michelini
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma hastata
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella carringtoniana
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia aculeata, Avonia youngiana, Plicatifera humerosa, Plicatifera mesoloba, Eomarginifera derbiensis, Eomarginifera minutus, Eomarginifera longispinus
Krotovia aculeata Sowerby 1814
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp., Linoproductus phi, Linoproductus sp., Linoproductus cora
Linoproductus sp. Chao 1927
species name is "corrugato-hemisphericus"
Linoproductus sp. Chao 1927
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Pustula pyxidiformis, Pustula cf. rugata, Echinoconchus elegans
Echinoconchus elegans Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes hardrensis, Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella crenistria
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon spp.
Bellerophon spp. de Montfort 1808 snail