Neseuretus facies (Mytton Flags and lower Tankerville Fms.), Shropshire, UK: Arenig, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Palaeoglossa sp. Cockerell 1911
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
? Schmidtites sp. Schuchert and LeVene 1929
originally entered as "Schmidtites? sp."
Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
Pseudolingula sp. Mickwitz 1909
Lingulata - Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Monobolina sp. Salter 1866
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Apsotreta sp. Palmer 1954
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae
? Oslogonites sp. Öpik 1939
originally entered as "Oslogonites? sp."
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Protoskenidiodes sp. (Williams 1974)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Nocturneilla sp. ()
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperonomiidae
Hesperonomia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Anomalorthidae
Astraborthis sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Euorthisinidae
Euorthisina sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Finkelnburgiidae
Diparelasma sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
? Desmorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
originally entered as "Desmorthis? sp."
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Ectillaenus sp. Salter 1867
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Cnemidopyge sp. Whittard 1955
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Lordshillia sp. Whittard 1966
Myttonia sp. Whittard 1955
Anebolithus sp. Huges and Wright 1970
Bergamia sp. Whittard 1955
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877
Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Macrogrammus sp. Whittard 1966
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Placoparia sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873
Trilobita
Thymurus sp. Whittard 1966
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 53.0° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:65.6° South, 16.8° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
Key time interval: Arenig
Age range of interval: 477.7 - 468.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mytton Flags and Tankerville
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Only the lower Arenig portion of Tankerville Fm included here
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3684
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-06 13:19:04 Last modified:1999-08-06 16:19:04
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
173. R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens. 1978. Early Ordovician (Arenig) stratigraphy and faunas of the Carmarthen District, southwest Wales. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 30(3):225-294 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]