Spring Quarry, type locality: Arundian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rectodiscus sp.
Ozawainellidae
Eoparastaffella simplex Vdovenko 1954
Archaediscidae
Archaediscus spp.
unclassified
Tubispirodiscus settlensis
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Haplolasma cf. densa
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Koninckophyllum cf. vesciulosum
Koninckophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Siphonophyllia cf. garwoodi
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
recombined as Siphonodendron martini
Dorlodotia briarti
Lithostrotion sociale
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Linoprotonia hemisphaerica
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Overtonia fimbriata (Sowerby 1824)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Megachonetes sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Wales
Coordinates: 53.1° North, 3.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.2° South, 0.3° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
*Period:Early/Lower Carboniferous *Epoch:Visean
*International age/stage:Arundian
Key time interval:Arundian
Age range of interval:346.70000 - 340.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Spring Quarry Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal,gray lithified packstone
Secondary lithology: grainstone
Lithology description: 40 m of cream and pale grey massive limestone...medium grained packstones with occassional coarser grainstones., contain abundant forams, micritized bioclasts, peloids many of which have oolitic coatings.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:6009
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:M. Sommers Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-01-14 15:51:28 Last modified:2001-08-16 13:10:36
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
383. I. D. Somerville and A. R. E. Strank. 1984. Discovery of Arundian and Holkerian faunas from a Dinantian platform succession in North Wales. Geological Journal 19:85-104 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]