Middle Elton Beds, Locality 7: Ludlow, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Dalmanitidae
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Dalmanites sp.
Barrande 1852
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Malacostraca
- Archaeostraca
- Ceratiocarididae
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Ceratiocaris sp.
M'Coy 1849
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Craniata
- Craniopsida
- Craniopsidae
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Craniops sp.
Hall 1859
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Aegiromenidae
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Aegiria sp.
Opik 1933
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Protochonetes sp.
Muir-Wood 1962
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Praecardiidae
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Buchiola sp.
Barrande 1881
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Slavidae
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Slava sp.
Barrande 1881
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Cardiolidae
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Cardiola sp.
Broderip 1839
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Antipleuridae
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Dualina sp.
Barrande 1881
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
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Graptoloidea indet.
Lapworth 1875
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
- Monograptidae
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Saetograptus sp.
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Colonograptus sp.
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Pristiograptus sp.
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Wales |
| Coordinates: | 52.2° North, 3.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° South, 13.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Ludlow |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Ludlow |
| Key time interval: | Ludlow | Zone: | scanicus and nilssoni |
| Age range of interval: | 427.4 - 423 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Elton Beds | Member: | Middle | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Sil.: lower Ludlow; scanicus and nilssoni Z's" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "laminated silty mudstone. basinal BA6. geosynclinal" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"R. Watkins and W.B.N. Berry, 1977. Ecology of a late Silurian fauna of graptolites and assoc. orgs. Lethaia 10:267-286" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 484 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-12-17 09:52:39 | Last modified: | 2017-01-07 15:34:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-12-17 09:52:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61114. | R. Watkins and W. B. N. Berry. 1977. Ecology of a Late Silurian fauna of graptolites and associated organisms. Lethaia 10:267-286 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen] |