Weaver Hills District, Upper Waterhouses Limestone: Asbian - Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Dictyoclstus insculptus
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Thomasia margaritacea
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Micheliniidae
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Michelinia tenuiseptata
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Emmonsia parasitica
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Alveolitidae
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Alveolites septosa
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Aulophyllidae
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Clisiophyllum spp.
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Corwenia rugosa
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Auloclisia mutata
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Dibunophyllum craigianum
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Dibunophyllum konincki
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Dibunophyllum bipartitum
(McCoy 1849)
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathaxoniidae
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Cyathaxonia rushiana
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Cyathaxonia cornu
Michelin 1846
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Bothrophyllidae
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Caninophyllum archai
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| var. halkynense | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathopsidae
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Caninia elongata
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Caninia juddi
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Caninia subibicina
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Zaphrentidae
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Zaphrentis sp.
Haime 1850
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| synonym of Zaphrenthis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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Diphyphyllum lateseptatum
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Lithostrotion martini
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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| recombined as Siphonodendron martini | ||||||||||
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Lithostrotion mcoyanum
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Lithostrotion portlocki
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lonsdaleiidae
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Lonsdaleia duplicata
(Martin 1809)
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Chondrichthyes
- Cochliodontiformes
- Psephodontidae
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Psephodus magnus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Aulostegidae
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Sinuatella sinuata
(de Koninck 1851)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Striatifera cf. coraesimilis
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Striatifera magna
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Striatifera striata
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus undatus
(Defrance 1826)
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| recombined as Fluctuaria undata | ||||||||||
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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Cancrinella sp.
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Overtonia fimbriatus
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Avonia youngiana
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Eomarginifera derbiensis
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Eomarginifera setosus
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Eomarginifera tissingtonensis
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Eomarginifera longispinus
(Sowerby 1814)
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Productus auritus
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Productus semiplanus
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Productus productus
(Martin 1809)
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Productus productus
(Martin 1809)
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| var. hispidus | ||||||||||
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Productus concinnus
Sowerby 1823
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Plicatifera mesoloba
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Plicatifera plicatilis
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Gigantella cf. edelburgensis
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Gigantella gigantea
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Gigantella gigantoides
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Gigantella latissima
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Gigantella maximus
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Gigantella praemoderata
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Buxtonia scabricula
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Dictyoclostus hindi
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Dictyoclostus hindi
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Dictyoclostus multispiniferus
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Dictyoclostus pinguis
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Dictyoclostus pugilis
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Dictyoclostus sulcatus
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Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
(Martin 1809)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Pustula cf. elegans
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Pustula eximia
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Pustula magnituberculata
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Pustula punctata
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Pustula pustulosa
(Phillips 1836)
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Echinoconchus punctatus
(Martin 1809)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes aff. comoides
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Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena analoga
(Phillips 1836)
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| recombined as Leptagonia analoga | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Pulsiidae
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Schellwienella crenistria
McIntosh 1974
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Syringothyrididae
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Syringothyris elongata
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria resupinata
(Martin 1809)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Martiniidae
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Martinia glabra
(Sowerby 1821)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Choristitidae
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Spirifer trigonalis
(Martin 1809)
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= Angiospirifer trigonalis
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Spirifer bisulcatus
Sowerby 1825
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer convolutus
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Spirifer duplicicostus
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Spirifer planicostatus
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Spirifer rhomboideus
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Spirifer striatus
(Martin 1809)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Brachythyrididae
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Brachythyris integricosta
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Brachythyris pinguis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Reticulariidae
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Reticularia elliptica
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Reticularia cf. imbricata
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Phricodothyris insolita
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Phricodothyris lineata
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Phricodothyris lucerna
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Actinoconchus cf. expansa
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Actinoconchus planosulcatus
(Phillips 1836)
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Actinoconchus lamellosus
(Léveillé 1835)
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| recombined as Athyris lamellosa | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Dielasmatidae
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Dielasma hastata
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Rhynchonella wettonensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia pleurodon
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Staffordshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.8° North, 2.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.5° South, 3.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Visean |
| *International age/stage: | Asbian - Brigantian | ||
| Key time interval: | Asbian - Brigantian | Zone: | D1 - D2 |
| Age range of interval: | 340.20000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waterhouses Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Up to 500' thick. Upper portions 100 - 50' thick. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,black lithified argillaceous "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: crinoidal, well bedded limestones with black shale partings. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 5986 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Wagner | Enterer: | M. Sommers, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-01-11 16:19:31 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 380. | A. Ludford. 1951. The stratigraphy of the Carboniferous rocks of the Weaver Hills District, North Staffordshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 106:211-229 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 64361 | S. Z. Shen, Y. G. Jin, Y. Zhang and E. A. Weldon. 2017. Permian brachiopod genera on type species of China. In J. Y. Rong, Y. G. Jin, S. Z. Shen, R. B. Zhan (eds.), Phanerozoic Brachiopod Genera of China 651-881 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |