PBDB Collection

Cobbold's excavation No. 2, Strenuella Limestone, 200 yards south of Comley Quar (Cambrian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 86.5° S, 19.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhombocorniculum cancellatum small shelly zone, Strenuella Limestone Member (Lower Comley Formation), Branchian (517.1 - 509.0 Ma)

• Matthews (1973: Palaeontology 16(1):139-148) gives this as upper part of Atdabanian.

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•Ac4 in Cobbold's (1921) notation.

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•Subzone of Protolenellus; this should be Branchian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: glauconitic, phosphatic, gray, red limestone

• Rushton (1974): shallow-water environment

• reddish-grey limestone (Matthews 1973).

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: chemical

Primary reference: I. Hinz. 1987. The Lower Cambrian microfauna of Comley and Rushton, Shropshire, England. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(1-3):41-100 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79931: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae	Hyolithellus cf. micans Hyolithellus cf. micans Billings 1871
Hexactinellida
Lyssakida - Hyalostellidae	Calcihexactina "sp. indet." Calcihexactina "sp. indet." Sdzuy 1969 glass sponge
Scyphozoa
Anabaritida - Anabaritidae	Selindeochrea ? tricarinata¹ Selindeochrea ? tricarinata¹ Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Coleoloides typicalis
-	Coleoloides typicalis Coleoloides typicalis Walcott 1890
Coeloscleritophora
Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae	Chancelloria lenaica Chancelloria lenaica
Conodonta
Paraconodontida - Furnishinidae	Hertzina elongata Hertzina elongata conodont
- Amphigeisinidae	Amphigeisina danica Amphigeisina danica conodont
Microdictyon
-	Microdictyon sphaeroides Microdictyon sphaeroides Hinz 1987
Artiopoda
Agnostida - Weymouthiidae	Cobboldites comleyensis Cobboldites comleyensis
Agnostida - Calodiscidae	Calodiscus lobatus Calodiscus lobatus Hall 1847
Palaeoscolecida
Cricocosmida - Palaeoscolecidae	Hadimopanella apicata Hadimopanella apicata Wrona 1982
Brachiopoda
Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae	Lapworthella "morphotype A", Lapworthella "morphotype B", Lapworthella "morphotype C", Lapworthella dentata² Lapworthella "morphotype A" Cobbold 1921 Lapworthella "morphotype B" Cobbold 1921 Lapworthella "morphotype C" Cobbold 1921 Lapworthella dentata² Missarzhevsky 1969 Matthews does not say if this replaces the other Lapworthella.
Lingulata
Lingulida - Eoobolidae	"Lingulella viridis" = Eoobolus viridis "Lingulella viridis" = Eoobolus viridis Cobbold 1921
Lingulida - Obolidae	Obolus parvulus Obolus parvulus
Hyolitha
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae	Hyolithes strettonensis, Hyolithes comleyensis, Hyolithes anglicus, Hyolithes affinis, "Hyolithes" sculptilis Hyolithes strettonensis Hyolithes comleyensis Hyolithes anglicus Hyolithes affinis "Hyolithes" sculptilis
Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae	Microcornus cf. parvulus Microcornus cf. parvulus Mambetov 1972
Orthothecida - Allathecidae	"Egdetheca "sp. indet."" = Exilitheca "Egdetheca "sp. indet."" = Exilitheca
Orthothecida -	? Turcutheca "sp. A" ? Turcutheca "sp. A" Rozanov et al. 1969
Orthothecimorpha
Circothecida -	"cf. Coleolella billingsi" = Spinulitheca billingsi "cf. Coleolella billingsi" = Spinulitheca billingsi Syssoiev 1962
Helcionelloida
Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae	Pelagiella sp. Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895
Helcionellida - Yochelcionellidae	Yochelcionella sp. Yochelcionella sp. Runnegar and Pojeta 1974
- Helcionellidae	Latouchella sp. Latouchella sp. Cobbold 1921
- Stenothecidae	"Anabarella indecora" = Mellopegma indecora "Anabarella indecora" = Mellopegma indecora Rozanov et al. 1969

Bilateria -	Rhombocorniculum cancellatum Rhombocorniculum cancellatum Cobbold 1921

¹Kouchinsky et al. 2009; ²Matthews 1973