Pusgillian of the Dufton Shales, A.06 Pus Gill, Cross Fell: Pusgillian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Dean 1961
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella aff. broeggeri Bancroft 1928
Dean 1961
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Chonetoidea aff. iduna Opik 1933
Dean 1961
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Dean 1961
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas cf. pennatus Latouche 1884
Dean 1961
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Pseudosphaerexochus sp. (Schmidt 1881)
Dean 1961
original and current combination Cheirurus (Pseudosphaerexochus)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene aff. onniensis Shirley 1936
Dean 1961
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calyptaulax aff. norvegicus Stormer 1945
Dean 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 54.7° North, 2.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.7° South, 16.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Pusgillian Graptolite zone: Pleurograptus linearis - Dicellograptus complanatus
Age range of interval:449.60000 - 449.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dufton Shales Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Pusgillian of the Dufton Shales, A.6 Pus Gill, Cross Fell
Database number:43739
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:K. Koverman
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-25 09:30:25 Last modified:2020-06-20 19:19:06
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-25 09:30:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11462. W. T. Dean. 1959. The stratigraphy of the Caradoc series in the Cross Fell Inlier. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 32(2):185-228 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

113461% W. T. Dean. 1961. Trinucleid trilobites from the higher Dufton shales of the Caradoc series in the Cross Fell inlier . Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 33(2):119-131 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/M. Uhen]