Reef complex limestones, Derbyshire (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.1° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 1.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: D1 zone, Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• Formation name unknown = "D1 limestone with Cyrtina band."

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal lime mudstone and wackestone

• organic framework constructed of stromatolitic algal deposits. fine sediment within the framework...they contain a variable, generally small, proportion of shell debris set in a matrix of minute calcite crystals.

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. B. Wolfenden. 1958. Paleoecology of the Carboniferous reef complex and shelf limestones in the northwest Derbyshire, England. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 69:871-898 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5994: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 12.01.2000, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Buxtonia scabricula, Dictyoclostus antiquatus, Dictyoclostus aff. costatus, Dictyoclostus hindi, Dictyoclostus insculptus, Dictyoclostus pugilis, Dictyoclostus sulcatus
 Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia spinulosa, Overtonia fimbriata, Avonia youngiana, Plicatifera aculeata, Plicatifera carringtoniana, Plicatifera mesoloba, Eomarginifera derbiensis, Eomarginifera pseudoplicatilis, Eomarginifera setosus, Eomarginifera triquetra, Productus concinnus
Krotovia spinulosa Sowerby 1814
misspelt "Krotovea"
Overtonia fimbriata Sowerby 1824
Productus concinnus Sowerby 1823
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus punctatus
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus hemisphericus, Linoproductus cora, "Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
"Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata Defrance 1826
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Gigantoproductus sp., Striatifera striata, Proboscidella proboscideus
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella crenistria
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes papilionacea
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris lineata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer convolutus, Spirifer duplicicostus, Spirifer striatus
Spirifer striatus Martin 1809
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris pinguis
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia glabra
Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris expansa, Actinoconchus planosulcatus
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
"Pugnax pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus
"Pugnax pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus Martin 1809
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma hastata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria resupinata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella michelini
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora minor
Fistulipora minor McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora pluma
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae
Beyrichoceras sp.
Beyrichoceras sp. Foord 1903 ammonite
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp.
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Mourlonia sp.
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus lingualis" = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus lingualis" = Lithophaga mussel
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Posidoniella gibbosa, Posidoniella vetusta
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten clathratus, Aviculopecten fimbriatus, Aviculopecten murchisoni, Aviculopecten aff. planoclathratus, Aviculopecten tabulatus
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten dumontianus, Pterinopecten granosus, Pterinopecten tesselatus
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia rudis
Edmondia rudis McCoy 1878 clam
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Griffithides longiceps
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum bourtonense, Dibunophyllum bipartitum
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Palaeosmilia murchisoni
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion irregulare
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp.
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Lithistida -
Lithistida indet.
Lithistida indet. demosponge
"Lithistid sponge gen. et sp. nov."
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes depressus
 Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Microspongia sp.
Microspongia sp. Miller and Dyer 1878 demosponge
"sp. nov."
Calcisphaera
  -
Calcisphaera sp.
Calcisphaera sp. Williamson 1880
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Ortonella kershopensis
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella ducii, Girvanella incrustans, Girvanella nicholsoni, Girvanella staminea, Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
"Foraminifers"