Fuchsella amygdalina-Protochonetes ludloviensis Assoc., Lower Whitcliffe Fmn.: Ludfordian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula (Sowerby 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula (Sowerby 1839)
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Fuchsella amygdalina (Sowerby 1827)
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Leurocycloceras imbricatum
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 52.0° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.2° South, 12.5° West
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Ludlow
Stage:Ludfordian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Ludfordian
Age range of interval:425.60000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lower Whitcliffe
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Lithology description: [None given. See geology comments. Occurrences include Orthonota Mudstones]
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "Increased sediment probably made life difficult for the epifaunal brachiopods but less so for infaunal bivalves, such as Fuchsella, and nektic cephalopods. This is a BA 2 unit. Shells disarticulated."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23193
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-10 10:49:31 Last modified:2018-11-26 18:16:11
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-10 10:49:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6658. J. D. Lawson. 1999. Review of UK Silurian associations. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 355-369 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]