Weaver Hills District, Weaver beds (reef 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: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray reef rocks

• typical reef-knoll lithology with unbedded or obscurely bedded grey limestones and crinoidal debris.

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 5983: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 11.01.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Blastoidea
 Spiraculata - Orbitremitidae
"Orbitremites ellipticus" = Ellipticoblastus ellipticus
"Orbitremites ellipticus" = Ellipticoblastus ellipticus Sowerby 1825 blastoid
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax cordiformis, Pugnax platilobus, Pugnax plicatilis, Pugnax reniformis, "Pugnax pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus
"Pugnax pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus Martin 1809
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia flexistria, Camarotoechia pleurodon, Camarotoechia rhomboidea
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia imbricata, Reticularia lobata
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer attenuatus, Spirifer bollandensis, Spirifer cf. furcatus, Spirifer bicarinata
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris ovalis
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia glabra
Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris elongata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria resupinata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma hastata
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes papilionacea, Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Productida - Productellidae
Eomarginifera derbiensis, Eomarginifera minutus, Eomarginifera cf. pseudoplicatilis, Eomarginifera cf. setosus, Eomarginifera longispinus, Plicatifera plicatilis
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus multispiniferus, Dictyoclostus cf. muricatus, Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Pustula elegans, Pustula subelegans, Pustula tenuipustulosa
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus corrugatus, Linoproductus cora
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Chonetipustula carringtoniana
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella crenistria
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella flabellata
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis ambigua" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis ambigua" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum multiseptatum
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus coralloides
Amplexus coralloides Sowerby 1814 horn coral