Pentamerus community, Pentamerus Beds: Aeronian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
| crinoids | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Eunicemorpha
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Eunicemorpha indet.
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
| scolecodont, microfossil? | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
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Nautiloidea indet.
Agassiz 1847
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
| cephalopod | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
| pleurotomariid | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Pentameridae
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Pentamerus sp.
Sowerby 1813
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68 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leptocoeliidae
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Eocoelia sp.
Nikiforova 1961
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6 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Machaerariidae
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Ferganella sp.
Nikiforova 1937
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa sp.
Dalman 1828
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5 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis sp.
Kozlowski 1929
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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? Protomegastrophia sp.
Caster 1939
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "? Protomegastrophia sp." | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Pholidostrophia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Halloporidae
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Hallopora sp.
Bassler 1911
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9 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Encrinuridae
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Encrinurus sp.
Emmrich 1844
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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4 %-specimens | |||||||||
| 2 genera, ? streptelasmatid | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Halysitidae
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Halysites sp.
von Waldheim 1813
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites sp.
Lamarck 1816
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Shropshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.6° North, 2.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° South, 16.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| Stage: | Aeronian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Llandovery |
| Key time interval: | Aeronian | Brachiopod zone: | C1 - C2 |
| Age range of interval: | 440.80000 - 438.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pentamerus Beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "upper Lland (C1-C2)" (Was Cycle I - II) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "sh w/ some ss beds. BA3" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Ziegler et al. 1978" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 520 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-01-07 14:39:25 | Last modified: | 2019-08-02 08:07:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-01-07 14:39:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61274. | A. M. Ziegler, K. S. Hansen, M. E. Johnson, M. A. Kelly, C. R. Scotese and R. Van Der Voo. 1977. Silurian continental distributions, paleogeography, climatology, and biogeography. Tectonophysics 40(1-2):13-51 [M. Uhen/J. Ju] |