Shelve District, Shropshire, Upper Llanvirn, Weston Beds, Locality 1: Late Llanvirn, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Heterorthidae
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Tissintia prototypa
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14 individuals | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Trematidae
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Schizocrania salopiensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Palaeoglossa attenuata
(Sowerby 1839)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Pseudolingulidae
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Pseudolingula spatula
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14 individuals | |||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Shropshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.7° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.6° South, 17.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Middle Ordovician |
| Stage: | Darriwilian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late Llanvirn | ||
| Age range of interval: | 461.3 - 458.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Weston Beds |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: Laminated siltstones | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopods only. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 44371 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | A. Krug |
| Modifier: | A. Krug | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-09-09 09:28:41 | Last modified: | 2004-09-09 12:28:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-09 09:28:41 |
| 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] |