Shelve District, Shropshire, Arenig, Mytton Flags, Locality 18: Arenig, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Anomalorthidae
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Astraborthis uniplicata
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1 individual | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Orthidae
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Lenorthis cf. proava
(Salter 1865)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Orthambonites proava | ||||||||||
Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Palaeoglossa myttonensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Elkaniidae
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Monobolina plumbea
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2 individuals | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Shropshire |
Coordinates: | 52.7° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 66.1° South, 15.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Ordovician |
10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2 |
Key time interval: | Arenig |
Age range of interval: | 477.7 - 468.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mytton Flags |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | micaceous siltstone |
Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
Lithology description: unlaminated micaceous siltstones and fine-grained crystal tuffs, with occassional laminated siltstones and shales. | |
Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: Brachiopods only |
Metadata
Database number: | 43927 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | A. Krug |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-08-29 11:25:21 | Last modified: | 2012-08-20 22:21:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-29 11:25:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11552. | A. Williams. 1974. Ordovician Brachiopoda from the Shelve District, Shropshire. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology), Supplement 11:1-158 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/M. Uhen] |