Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Temeside Shale, Ludlow and Perton, England: Pridoli, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Petromyzontida - Cephalaspidiformes
Hemicyclaspis sp. Lankaster 1870
in bone bed
Coelolepidae
Thelodus sp. Agassiz 1839
in bone bed
Eurypterida - Dolichopteridae
Dolichopterus bulbosus
Eurypterida - Hardieopteridae
Tarsopterella sp. Størmer 1951
Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Parahughmilleria salteri
Nanahughmilleria pygmaea
Eurypterida - Mixopteridae
Mixopterus sp. Ruedemann 1921
Eurypterida - Hughmilleriidae
? Hughmilleria acuminata
Hughmilleria banksi
Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Erettopterus spatulatus
Truncatiramus gigas
Eurypterida - Slimonidae
Salteropterus abbreviatus
Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Eurypterus cephalaspis Salter 1856
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingulidae indet. Gray 1840
unclassified
Logania sp. Gross 1967
in bone bed
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 52.4° North, 2.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.1° South, 11.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Pridoli
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Pridoli
Age range of interval: 423 - 419.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Temeside Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks,green mudstone
Secondary lithology:"cross stratification" sandstone
Lithology description: "Green to olive green mudstone and siltstone; some ripples and cross-bedded sandstone. Mud cracks and pedogenic carbonate (calcrete)."
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Geology comments: "Intertidal mud flats, inshore to sand shoals. BA 1"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:26915
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-11-08 08:29:26 Last modified:2006-09-13 13:57:47
Access level:the public Released:2002-11-08 08:29:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4261. R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]