Lingula community, Cowleigh Park Beds, UK (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 2.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.0° S, 62.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Cowleigh Park Beds Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• "upper Lland"

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• "sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. M. Ziegler, L. R. M. Cocks, and R. K. Bambach. 1968. The composition and structure of Lower Silurian marine communities. Lethaia 1:1-27 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 524: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 07.01.1999

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Taxonomic list

• "A.M. Ziegler, L.R.M. Cocks, R.K. Bambach. 1968. The composition and structure of lower Sil marine communities. Lethaia 1:1-27"
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Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulitidae indet.
Cornulitidae indet. Fischer 1962
cornulites
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
? Trepostomata indet.
? Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
stick bryozoan - originally entered as "? Trepostomata indet."
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
2 species
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
orthoconic cephalopod
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
indet. gastropod
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
? Tropidodiscus sp.
? Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
originally entered as "? Tropidodiscus sp."
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp.
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Unioni - Lyrodesmatidae
Lyrodesma sp.
Lyrodesma sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
? Modiolopsis sp.
? Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
originally entered as "? Modiolopsis sp."
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronitella sp.
Pteronitella sp. Billings 1874 oyster