Ludlow-Much Wenlock District #5 (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (52.5° N, 2.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 9.6° S, 49.6° W (Wright 2013)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Overton Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal siltstone
• interbedded highly bioturbated calcareous siltstones in which most lamination destroyed by bioturbation. alternates with thin 'storm generated' siltstone and shell laminae. minor scour channels and slumping. occassional symmetric and asymmetric ripple laminae.
Primary reference: D. D. J. Antia. 1981. Faunas from the Upper Silurian (Upper Ludlovian) in the Ludlow-Much Wenlock District, England. Geological Journal 16:137-147 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8299: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000
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Taxonomic list
• 729 total specimens.
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| unclassified | |
| Ostracoda | |
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Kuresaaria circulata ostracod | |
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Cytherellina siliqua ostracod | |
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Calcaribeyrichia torosa ostracod | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Naticopsis cf. trevorpatriciorum" = Naticopsis trevorpaticiciorum
"Naticopsis cf. trevorpatriciorum" = Naticopsis trevorpaticiciorum Peel 1975 snail | |
"Loxonema obsoletum" = Loxonema obsoleta
"Loxonema obsoletum" = Loxonema obsoleta de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail | |
| Stenolaemata | |
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Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
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Ceramopora sp. Hall 1851 | |
| Lingulata | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839 | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Protochonetes ludloviensis Muir-Wood 1962 | |
| Lophophorata | |
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Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820 | |
| Hyolitha | |
| Crinoidea | |
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