Cliff Quarry, 450 yards W27˚S of Compton Martin Church, Compton Martin, Mar: Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Cyclogyra sp.
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Bradyinidae
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Bradyina sp.
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Endothyridae
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Endothyra informal planispiral
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Endothyra informal plectogyroid
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Eostaffellidae
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? Paramillerella sp.
Thompson 1951
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
synonym of Eostaffella | ||||||||||
Biseriamminidae
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Globivalvulina sp.
Schubert 1921
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Tetrataxidae
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Tetrataxis sp.
Ehrenberg 1854
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Heterocorallia
- Heterophylliidae
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Hexaphyllia sp.
Shtukenberg 1904
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Aulophyllidae
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Dibunophyllum sp.
Thomson and Nicholson 1876
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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Lithostrotion sp.
Fleming 1828
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lonsdaleiidae
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Lonsdaleia sp.
McCoy 1849
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Syringoporidae
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Syringopora sp.
Goldfuss 1826
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Tergomya
- Archinacellida
- Metoptomatidae
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Lepetopsis phillipsi
de Koninck 1883
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Lepetopsis retrorsa
(Phillips 1836)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Ianthinopsis ventricosa
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Strobeus ventricosus | ||||||||||
Ianthinopsis rectilinea
(Phillips 1836)
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Batten 1966 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Strobeus rectilinea | ||||||||||
Soleniscus acutus
(Sowerby 1827)
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Batten 1966 | 43 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Macrochilina acuta | ||||||||||
Ianthinopsis sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Ianthinopsis conspicua
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Palaeozygopleuridae
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Palaeozygopleura benniana
(Longstaff 1933)
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Batten 1966 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Palaeozygopleura scalarioidea
(Phillips 1836)
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Batten 1966 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Palaeozygopleura scalaroides | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Glyphodeta zonata
(Donald 1887)
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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? Tapinotomaria spinosa n. sp.
Batten 1966
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Borestus sp.
Thomas 1940
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Borestus similis
(de Koninck 1883)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Portlockiellidae
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Shansiella globosa
(Thomas 1940)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Gosseletina nodosa n. sp.
Batten 1966
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139 specimens | |||||||||
Gosseletina portlockiana
(de Koninck 1844)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Nemaspira portlockiana | ||||||||||
Tropidostropha compta
Batten 1966
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Luciellina poolvashensis n. sp.
Batten 1966
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Luciellina ? helicinoides
(M'Coy 1844)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Baylea yvanii
(Léveillé 1835)
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57 specimens | |||||||||
Scalitina tabulata
(Phillips 1836)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Baylea tabulata | ||||||||||
Baylea spirolirata
Batten 1966
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Rhineoderma hotwellsensis
Batten 1966
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26 specimens | |||||||||
[entered as Rhineoderma hotwellensis] | ||||||||||
Pithodea amplissima
de Koninck 1881
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Batten 1966 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Platyzona tornatilis
(Phillips 1836)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Pithodea tornatilis | ||||||||||
Salterospira tabulata n. gen., n. sp.
Batten 1966
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Salterospira plectata n. sp.
Batten 1966
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5 specimens | |||||||||
? Peruvispira deornata
(de Koninck 1883)
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280 specimens | |||||||||
Mourlonia placida
de Koninck 1883
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89 specimens | |||||||||
Mourlonia carinata
(Sowerby 1813)
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68 specimens | |||||||||
Mourlonia striata
(Sowerby 1815)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Ptychomphalus striatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Porcelliidae
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Porcellia puzo
Léveillé 1835
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29 specimens | |||||||||
Hesperiella sp.
Holzapfel 1889
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Hesperiella thomsoni
(de Koninck 1883)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Spiroscala intricata n. sp.
Batten 1966
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Delphinulopsidae
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Naticopsis (Marmolatella) ampliata
(Phillips 1836)
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Batten 1966 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Marmolatella ampliata | ||||||||||
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) sigaretiformis
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Marmolatella sigaretiformis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Trachyspiridae
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Naticopsis (Naticopsis) variata
(Phillips 1836)
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Batten 1966 | 82 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Trachydoma variata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Araeonematidae
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Yunnania sp.
Mansuy 1912
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Yunnania semicancellata
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 44 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Straparella fallax
(de Koninck 1844)
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Batten 1966 | 84 specimens | ||||||||
Straparella umbilicata n. sp.
Batten 1966
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Batten 1966 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Knightites (Retispira) exilis
(de Koninck 1883)
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34 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Retispira exilis | ||||||||||
Knightites (Retispira) keynianus
(de Koninck 1844)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Retispira keyniana | ||||||||||
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) costatus
Sowerby 1825
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70 specimens | |||||||||
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) meeki
de Koninck 1883
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24 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Waagenella meeki | ||||||||||
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) sowerbyi
de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840
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33 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Waagenella sowerbyi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites urii
(Fleming 1828)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Euphemites urei | ||||||||||
Euphemites dorbignii
(Portlock 1843)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
Euphemites konincki
(Weir 1931)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Microdomatidae
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Microdoma triserrata n. sp.
Batten 1966
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Batten 1966 | 62 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Kinkaidia triserrata | ||||||||||
Microdoma uniserrata n. sp.
Batten 1966
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Batten 1966 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Kinkaidia uniserrata | ||||||||||
Microdoma bicrenulata
(de Koninck 1883)
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Batten 1966 | 212 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparollus (Euomphalus) ? acutus
(Sowerby 1818)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Straparollus (Euomphalus) catillus
(Martin 1793)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Helix catillus | ||||||||||
Straparollus (Euomphalus) amaenus
de Koninck 1881
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40 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Straparollus (Euomphalus) elegans | ||||||||||
Straparollus (Euomphalus) catilliformis
de Koninck 1881
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519 specimens | |||||||||
Straparollus (Straparollus) levigatus
(Léveillé 1835)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Straparollus (Straparollus) planorbiformis
(de Koninck 1881)
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68 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Straparollus planorbiformis | ||||||||||
Straparollus (Straparollus) dionysii
de Montfort 1810
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88 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Anomphalidae
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Anomphalus umbilicoliratus n. sp.
Batten 1966
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Batten 1966 | 38 specimens | ||||||||
Tychonia omaliana
(de Koninck 1844)
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Batten 1966 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Ceraunocochlis polyphemoides
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
Meekospira peracuta
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Batten 1966 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Girtyspira fusiformis
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Hemizyga (Hemizyga) clathratula
(Young and Armstrong 1874)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Hemizyga (? Hemizyga) heliciforma n. sp.
Batten 1966
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Hemizyga (? Hemizyga) bilineata n. sp.
Batten 1966
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Palaeostylus (? Stephanozyga) rugiferus
(Phillips 1836)
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Batten 1966 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Nodozyga rugifera | ||||||||||
Microptychis wrighti
Longstaff 1912
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Batten 1966 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
Microptychis constricta
(Sowerby 1821)
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Batten 1966 | 32 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Orthonematidae
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Aclisina sp.
de Koninck 1881
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Aclisina striatula
(de Koninck 1844)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Goniasmatidae
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Cerithioides sp.
Haughton 1859
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Cerithioides telescopium
Haughton 1859
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Batten 1966 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Stegocoelia (Stegocoelia) compacta
(Donald 1889)
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Batten 1966 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Stegocoelia compacta | ||||||||||
Platyzona sp.
Knight 1945
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Platyzona cirriformis
(Sowerby 1815)
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41 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithimorpha
- Orthonemidae
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Murchisonia (Murchisonia) ? verneuiliana
(de Koninck 1844)
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Batten 1966 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Donaldospira verneuiliana | ||||||||||
Murchisonia (Donaldospira n. subgen.) pertusa
(de Koninck 1883)
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Batten 1966 | 34 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Donaldospira pertusa | ||||||||||
Stegocoelia (? Hypergonia) sp.
(Donald 1892)
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Batten 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Hypergonia | ||||||||||
Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) quadricarinata
(M'Coy 1844)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Hypergonia quadricarinata | ||||||||||
Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) kirkbyi
(Donald 1892)
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Batten 1966 | 46 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Hypergonia kirkbyi | ||||||||||
Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) cf. acuminata
(de Koninck 1883)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) percarinata
(Longstaff 1926)
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Batten 1966 | 39 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Hypergonia percarinata | ||||||||||
Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) cincta
(Donald 1895)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Acteoninidae
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Acteonina carbonaria
(de Koninck 1843)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Donaldinidae
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Donaldina nana
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 34 specimens | ||||||||
Donaldina costatula
(Donald 1885)
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Batten 1966 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
Donaldina pulchra
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Donaldina quadrata
(Donald 1898)
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Batten 1966 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis
(de Koninck 1881)
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Batten 1966 | 60 specimens | ||||||||
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) elongata
(Phillips 1836)
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Batten 1966 | 140 specimens | ||||||||
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) planispira
(Phillips 1836)
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Batten 1966 | 116 specimens | ||||||||
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) gracilis n. sp.
Batten 1966
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Batten 1966 | 80 specimens | ||||||||
replaced by Naticopsis ableptis | ||||||||||
Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Conocardiidae
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Conocardium sp.
Bronn 1835
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Promytilus sp.
Newell 1942
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia sp.
de Koninck 1841
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Sanguinolitidae
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Sanguinolites sp.
M'Coy 1844
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenomorphidae
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Solenomorpha sp.
Cockerell 1903
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Chileata
- Dictyonellida
- Isogrammidae
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Isogramma sp.
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Pugnacidae
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Pugnax sp.
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Brachythyrididae
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Brachythyris sp.
M'Coy 1844
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Reticulariidae
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Reticularia sp.
Frederiks 1915
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Dielasmatidae
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Dielasma sp.
King 1856
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Batten 1966 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Somerset |
Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 0.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 6.4° South, 4.8° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Middle Mississippian |
Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 3 |
Key time interval: | Brigantian | ||
Age range of interval: | 336.00000 - 326.40000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Gastropods described and detailed in abundance. Other taxa identifed as generic occurrences. |
Metadata
Database number: | 57131 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2005-12-02 15:36:33 | Last modified: | 2006-05-17 15:49:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-02 15:36:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15437. | R. L. Batten. 1966. The Lower Carboniferous gastropod fauna from the Hotwells Limestone of Compton Martin, Somerset. Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 119(509):1-52 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
15438 | R. L. Batten. 1966. The Lower Carboniferous gastropod fauna from the Hotwells Limestone of Compton Martin, Somerset. Part II. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 119(513):53-109 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |