Bed B surface, North Quarry, Charnwood Forest: Ediacaran, United Kingdom
collected by Trevor D. Ford 1957 1958
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Charniodiscus sp.
Ford 1958
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Auroralumina attenboroughii n. gen., n. sp.
Dunn et al. 2022
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Dunn et al. 2022 | |||||||||
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Rangeomorpha
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Bradgatia linfordensis
Boynton and Ford 1995
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Dunn et al. 2022 | |||||||||
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Charnia masoni
Ford 1958
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Dunn et al. 2022 | |||||||||
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Primocandelabrum sp.
Hofmann et al. 2008
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unclassified
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Thectardis cf. avalonensis
Clapham et al. 2004
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| Thectardis cf. avalonensis | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Leicestershire |
| Coordinates: | 52.7° North, 1.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 65.3° South, 91.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ediacaran | ||
| Key time interval: | Ediacaran | Other zone: | Avalon |
| Age range of interval: | 635 - 538.8 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 563 ± 1.9 Ma (U/Pb) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Maplewell Series | Formation: | Bradgate | Member: | Beacon Hill |
| Local section: | North Quarry | Local bed: | 2 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mercian Assemblage; radiometric date from between Bed B & Bed D. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine lithified mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Mudstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Degree of concentration: | -single event |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Trevor D. Ford | Collection dates: | Between May 1957 and February 1958 |
| Collection method comments: "So far twelve of the disc-like and six of the frond-like impressions have been seen, and some have been removed to the Department of Geology, University of Leicester, and plaster-casts have been taken of others (Reg. Nos. 2382-5)". | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 228457 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | ||
| Created: | 2022-12-08 20:03:45 | Last modified: | 2024-11-04 21:07:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-12-08 20:03:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65345. | P. R. Wilby, J. N. Carney, and M. P. A. Howe. 2011. A rich Ediacaran assemblage from eastern Avalonia: Evidence of early widespread diversity in the deep ocean. Geology 39(7):655-658 [D. Muscente/D. Muscente] |
Secondary references:
| 83333 | F. S. Dunn, C. G. Kenchington, L. A. Parry, J. W. Clark, R. S. Kendall and P. R. Wilby. 2022. A crown-group cnidarian from the Ediacaran of Charnwood Forest, UK. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8(8):1095-1104 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |