Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Whitcliffe Beds, Lugwardine, England (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 11.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Whitcliffe Formation, Ludfordian (421.3 - 418.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
• "Basset et al. (1982): 'proximal shelf regions of shallow, mainly clear but often turbid and sometimes brackish water...' Sedimentation mostly intertidal, some subtidal, coquinas are storm deposits. BA 2"
• "shale"
Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids . in A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson, eds., Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26912: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002