Upper Flaxley Beds at May Hill inlier: Ludlow - Elton, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus sp.
"Present"
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
"Fairly common"
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"Polyzoan" "Present"
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Ptilodictya lanceolata (Goldfuss 1829)
"Present"
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops (Pholidops) implicata
"Fairly common"
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
"Fairly common"
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia (Wilsonia) wilsoni (de Sowerby 1816)
"Fairly common"
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Camarotoechia nucula (Sowerby 1839)
"Fairly common"
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Ptychopleurella bouchardi (Davidson 1847)
"Present"
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Parmorthis cf. elegantula
"Fairly common"
Dalmanella orbicularis
"Present"
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
"Fairly common"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer cf. radiatus (Sowerby 1834)
"Present"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris elegans Muir-Wood 1925
"Fairly common"
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia (Schuchertella) pecten (Linnaeus 1758)
"Present"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes lepismus
"Fairly common"
Chonetes striatellus
"Present"
Chonetes cf. minimus
"Present"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta transversalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
"Present"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Chonetoidea grayi
"Fairly common"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella euglypha (Dalman 1828)
"Fairly common"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria (Brachyprion) aff. ornatella (Davidson 1871)
"Fairly common"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Strophonella funiculata (M'Coy 1846)
"Fairly common"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia filosa (Sowerby 1839)
"Common"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
"Present"
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites tenuis
"Present"
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia subplantulata
"Present"
Cypricardinia planulata (Conrad 1842)
"Present"
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Dawsonoceras cf. annulatum (Sowerby 1818)
"Present"
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras angulatum
"Present"
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema cf. sinuosa (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
"Present"
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Poleumita (Horiostoma) globosa (von Schlotheim 1820)
"Fairly common"
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Beyrichia maccoyana
"Fairly common"
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844
"Present"
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites vulgaris
"Fairly common"
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822
"Present"
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
"Common"
Anthozoa informal scolecoid
"scolecoid simple corals"
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
"Fairly common"
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829
"Present"
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846
"Present"
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813
"Present"
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Wales
Coordinates: 52.0° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.1° South, 11.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow - Pridoli
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Ludlow - Elton
Age range of interval: 427.4 - 421.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Flaxley Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Listed as Ludlovian/Eltonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty,calcareous mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Grayish olive calcareous silty mudstones and siltstones with lesser limestone bands and nodules
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:74760
Authorizer:P. Novack-Gottshall Enterer:P. Hearn, P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-08-28 13:37:22 Last modified:2007-09-26 18:42:31
Access level:the public Released:2007-08-28 13:37:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25144. J. D. Lawson. 1955. The geology of the May Hill Inlier. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 111:85-116 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]