Black Rock Limestone from Burrington Combe, Bed 10, Lower Carboniferous, (Middle: Tournaisian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| polyzoan | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina ? sp.
Buckman 1906
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria ? sp.
King 1850
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Schizophoria resupinata
(Martin 1809)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Mucrospiriferidae
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Tylothyris cf. laminosa
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
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Spiriferidina indet.
Waagen 1883
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| smooth spiriferid | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Unispirifer tornacensis
(de Koninck 1883)
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| recombined as Atylephorus tornacensis | ||||||||||
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Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Syringothyrididae
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Syringothyris cf. reticulata
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Syringothyris sp.
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| S. sp. and theta | ||||||||||
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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
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes (Rugosochonetes) sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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| C. (Rugosochonetes) | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Productus (Pustula) cf. tenuipustulosus
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| original and current combination Pustula | ||||||||||
| P. (Pustula) cf. tenuipustulosus | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Productus (Dictyoclostus) aff. vaughani
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| original and current combination Dictyoclostus | ||||||||||
| P. (Dictyoclostus) aff. vaughani | ||||||||||
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Productus (Dictyoclostus) sp.
()
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| original and current combination Dictyoclostus | ||||||||||
| P. (Dictyoclostus) sp. | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Pulsiidae
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Schellwienella aspis
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
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Bellerophon sp.
de Montfort 1808
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= Bellerophontoidea indet.
M'Coy 1851
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparollus sp.
de Montfort 1810
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Micheliniidae
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Michelinia megastoma
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Michelinia cf. megastoma
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| zeta, subscript 2 | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Verbeekiellidae
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Cravenia aff. tela
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Amplexidae
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Amplexus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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? Amplexus aff. cravenesis
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| A.? or Amplexocarinia aff. cravenesis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Zaphrentoididae
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Zaphrentis konincki
Vaughan 1908
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| synonym of Sychnoelasma hawbankense | ||||||||||
| 'Z.' konincki forma typica and 'Z.' konincki [between forma alpha and forma typica] | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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Allotropiophyllum cf. burringtonensis
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Antiphyllidae
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Fasciculophyllum densum
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Fasciculophyllum omaliusi
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathaxoniidae
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Cyathaxonia cornu
Michelin 1846
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Bothrophyllidae
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Caninophyllum patulum
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| closely septate form | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathopsidae
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Caninia cornucopiae
Michelin 1840
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Somerset |
| Coordinates: | 51.3° North, 2.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.7° South, 0.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Middle Tournaisian - Late/Upper Tournaisian |
| Key time interval: | Tournaisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Black Rock Limestone | ||||
| Local section: | Burrington Combe | Local bed: | 10 | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: bed is 40 feet thick; top of bed is 346 feet above the base of the section | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,black,gray "limestone" |
| Lithology description: black and dark grey rather rubbly crinoidal limestone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:No crinoid identifications are made in the list but the rock is described as a "crinoidal limestone" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 8709 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, P. Wagner | Enterer: | D. Carlson, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-08-28 07:44:11 | Last modified: | 2019-06-17 23:54:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-08-28 07:44:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 681. | G. W. Green, M. A. Welch, and F. B. A. Welch. 1965. Geology of the Country around Wells and Cheddar (Explanation of One-inch Geological Sheet 280, New Series). Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (280)1-225 [A. Miller/D. Carlson/O. Alfaro] |
Secondary references:
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |