Ludlow-Much Wenlock District #7 (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.5° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 25.7° S, 12.3° W)

• 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 8301: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

• 146 total specimens.
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unclassified
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Microsphaeridiorhynchia nucula
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea rugata
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes ludloviensis
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Fuchsella amygdalina
Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis
"Goniophora cymbaeformis" = Goniophora (Goniophora) cymbaeformis Sowerby 1839 clam