Weaver Hills District, Weaver Beds (bedded limestone) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.8° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 0.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: C2 zone, Weaver Beds Formation, Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, red, calcareous mudstone and silty, cherty/siliceous limestone

• thinly bedded, pinkish, calcareous mudstones, impure earthy limestones, and cherty limestones.

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 5972: 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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Cladoconchus bacillaris, Cliothyridina cf. glabistria
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
 Productida - Productellidae
Avonia youngiana, Plicatifera humerosa, Plicatifera mesoloba, Plicatifera plicatilis, Eomarginifera cf. pseudoplicatilis, Productus garwoodi
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Pustula pyxidiformis, Pustula cf. pustulosa, Echinoconchus punctatus
Pustula cf. pustulosa Phillips 1836
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella crenistria
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes hardrensis, Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris lineata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer bicarinata, Spirifer striatus
Spirifer striatus Martin 1809
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris pinguis
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia glabra
Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia pleurodon
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax acuminatus
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma hastata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria resupinata
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Rylstonia sp.
Rylstonia sp. Hudson and Platt 1927 horn coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus coralloides
Amplexus coralloides Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis enniskilleni" = Zaphrenthis, "Zaphrentis omaliusi" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis enniskilleni" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
"Zaphrentis omaliusi" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum sp., "Lithostrotion cf. martini" = Siphonodendron martini
Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
"Lithostrotion cf. martini" = Siphonodendron martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
Carcinophyllum sp.
Carcinophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia gigantea, Caninia cornucopiae
Caninia gigantea horn coral
Caninia cornucopiae Michelin 1840 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia rushiana, Cyathaxonia cornu
Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Verbeekiellidae
Cravenia sp.
Cravenia sp. Hudson 1928 horn coral
"Rhodophylloides type"
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia megastoma
Michelinia megastoma tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp., Emmonsia parasitica
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Emmonsia parasitica tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora geniculata, Syringopora ramulosa, Syringopora reticulata
Syringopora geniculata tabulate coral
Syringopora ramulosa tabulate coral
Syringopora reticulata tabulate coral