Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire, Brinkmarsh Beds, above upper limestone: Wenlock, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops implicata
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia applanata (Salter 1846)
Coolinia pecten (Linnaeus 1758)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes cf. ceratoides
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Amphistrophia funiculata (M'Coy 1846)
recombined as Amphistrophiella funiculata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis
Leptaena depressa (Sowerby 1824)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella cf. angustiplicata
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina obtusa (Dalman 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Camarotoechia cf. nucula (Sowerby 1839)
recombined as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula
Trigonirhynchia stricklandi (Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
recombined as Trigonirhynchia stricklandii
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina conservatrix (McLearn 1924)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Proschizophoriidae
Proschizophoria degelliana
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites anglicus
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella spp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Leiopectinidae
Palaeopecten cf. danbyi
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883
Pterinea cf. lineatula
Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) cf. pleuroptera
original and current combination Actinopteria
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Homalonotus sp. König 1825
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites spp.
Dalmanites caudatus (Brünnich 1781)
recombined as Dalmania caudatus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Acaste cf. inflata
Acaste downingiae (Murchison 1839)
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 2.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.6° South, 13.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Wenlock
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Wenlock
Age range of interval:433.40000 - 427.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brinkmarsh Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: above upper limestone band
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: soft mudstones and shales throughout
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: BA 2 - taken from Cocks et al 2003.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:The list is for the beds above the upper limestone bands of the Brinkmarsh Beds of the Tortworh Inlier...it is the combination of several localities around this area.
Metadata
Database number:49642
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:A. Krug
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-04-21 10:25:23 Last modified:2018-12-12 10:31:44
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-21 10:25:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13293. M.L.K. Curtis. 1972. The Silurian rocks of the Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 83(1):1-35 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/A. Krug]