Dolerorthis rustica association, Ferriters Cove Fm. (Silurian of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (52.1° N, 10.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 18.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ferriters Cove Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; bioturbated siltstone

• "calc. sltst w/abundant disseminated shell material; massive and mottled, no other obvious sed structs (intense bioturb). shelf mud facies below wave baase, offshore BA4? cf. Isorthis community"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Watkins. 1977. Silurian marine community west of Dingle, Ireland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 23:79-118 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 500: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 17.12.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Watkins, 1977 table 1"
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Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
est. 13000 specimens of crinoid debris in 15:1 ratio of debris to other fossils
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops implicata
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia applanata2
Coolinia applanata2 Salter 1846
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protomegastrophia sp.
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Mesopholidostrophia sp.
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
"Amphistrophia funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata2
"Amphistrophia funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata2 M'Coy 1846
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp.
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis2
Atrypa reticularis2 Linnaeus 1758
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Hedeina crispa
Hedeina crispa Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina cf. conservatrix2
Salopina cf. conservatrix2 McLearn 1924
originally entered as "Salopina cf. conservatrix"
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp.
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp.
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis rustica
Dolerorthis rustica Sowerby 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta cuneata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
rhynchonellids - originally entered as "Rhynchonellida indet."
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisum
Nucleospira pisum Sowerby 1839
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
globular bryozoa
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
? Trepostomata indet.
? Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
ramose bryozoa - originally entered as "? Trepostomata indet."
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida -
Conocardioidea sp.1
Conocardioidea sp.1 Miller 1889
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma sp.
Oriostoma sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalopterus alatus2
Euomphalopterus alatus2 Wahlenberg 1821 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria cf. sowerbyi
Actinopteria cf. sowerbyi oyster
originally entered as "Actinopteria cf. sowerbyi"
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Acidaspis sp.
Acidaspis sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite
 Lichida -
Lichida indet.
Lichida indet. Moore 1959 trilobite
lichid
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp.
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
 Proetida -
Proetida indet.
Proetida indet. Fortey and Owens 1975 trilobite
proetid
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
solitary rugose coral
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
2 species of favositid, 24 and 10 abunances
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolitidae indet.
Heliolitidae indet. Lindström 1876 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysitidae indet.
Halysitidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral
 Auloporida -
Syringoporoidea indet.
Syringoporoidea indet. Fromentel 1861 tabulate coral
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida -
Conulariida indet.
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896 jellyfish
conularid
1Wagner 2023; 2Watkins 1993