Ludlow-Much Wenlock District #4 (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (52.5° N, 2.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 9.6° S, 49.6° W (Wright 2013)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Overton Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal siltstone
• interbedded highly bioturbated calcareous siltstones in which most lamination destroyed by bioturbation. alternates with thin 'storm generated' siltstone and shell laminae. minor scour channels and slumping. occassional symmetric and asymmetric ripple laminae.
Primary reference: D. D. J. Antia. 1981. Faunas from the Upper Silurian (Upper Ludlovian) in the Ludlow-Much Wenlock District, England. Geological Journal 16:137-147 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8298: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
• 524 total specimens.
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| unclassified | |
| Polychaeta | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932 | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Loxonema obsoletum" = Loxonema obsoleta
"Loxonema obsoletum" = Loxonema obsoleta de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail | |
"Bucanopsis expansus" = Phragmosphaera expansus
"Bucanopsis expansus" = Phragmosphaera expansus de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827 clam | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839 | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Protochonetes ludloviensis Muir-Wood 1962 | |
| Lingulata | |
| Hyolitha | |