Where: England, United Kingdom (53.0° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 1.6° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: D1 zone, Waterhouses Limestone Formation, Asbian (339.4 - 336.0 Ma)
• Up to 500' thick. Lower portions 400 - 450' thick.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, black, argillaceous limestone and shale
Preservation: replaced with silica
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 5985: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 11.01.2000, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Amplexus coralloides Sowerby 1814 horn coral | |
Koninckophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 horn coral | |
Auloclisia mutata, Dibunophyllum bourtonense, Dibunophyllum cf. bipartitum, Clisiophyllum keyserlingi
Auloclisia mutata horn coral
Dibunophyllum bourtonense horn coral
Dibunophyllum cf. bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
Clisiophyllum keyserlingi McCoy 1849 horn coral | |
"Zaphrentis cf. disjuncta" = Zaphrenthis, "Zaphrentis enniskilleni" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis cf. disjuncta" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
"Zaphrentis enniskilleni" = Zaphrenthis horn coral | |
Caninia cf. juddi horn coral | |
"Lithostrotion martini" = Siphonodendron martini, Lithostrotion affine, Lithostrotion basaltiforme, Lithostrotion irregulare, Lithostrotion mcoyanum, Lithostrotion junceum
"Lithostrotion martini" = Siphonodendron martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Lithostrotion affine horn coral
Lithostrotion basaltiforme horn coral
Lithostrotion irregulare horn coral
Lithostrotion mcoyanum horn coral
Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral | |
Michelinia tenuisepta tabulate coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail | |
Strophomenata | |
Schellwienella crenistria McIntosh 1974 | |
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Schizophoria resupinata Martin 1809 | |
Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821 | |
Spirifer striatus Martin 1809 | |
"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825 | |
Lingulata | |
Discina nitida Phillips 1836 | |
Stenolaemata | |