Eurypterid-Associated Biota, Platyschisma Beds, Downton Castle Sst., Herefordsh.: Pridoli, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingulidae indet.
Gray 1840
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Malacostraca
- Phyllocarida
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Phyllocarida indet.
Packard 1879
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Eurypterida
- Hardieopteridae
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Hardieopterus megalops
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Eurypterida
- Slimonidae
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? Slimonia stylops
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Eurypterida
- Hughmilleriidae
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? Hughmilleria acuminata
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Hughmilleria banksi
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Eurypterida
- Pterygotidae
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Pterygotus ludensis
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Erettopterus brodiei
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Erettopterus spatulatus
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Truncatiramus gigas
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Eurypterida
- Adelophthalmidae
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Parahughmilleria salteri
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Nanahughmilleria pygmaea
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| original and current combination Hughmilleria (Nanahughmilleria) | ||||||||||
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Eurypterida
- Eurypteridae
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Eurypterus cephalaspis
Salter 1856
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Pteraspidomorpha
- Cyathaspididae
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Cyathaspis sp.
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Coelolepidae
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Thelodus sp.
Agassiz 1839
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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Logania sp.
Gross 1967
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 2.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.1° South, 11.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Pridoli |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pridoli | ||
| Age range of interval: | 423.00000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Downton Castle Sandstone | Member: | Platyschisma Beds |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | green siltstone |
| Lithology description: "olive green mudstone and siltstone" | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "Intertidal, adjacent to prograding, sandy shore. BA 1" | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 26914 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-11-08 08:21:58 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 13:57:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-11-08 08:21:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4261. | R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |