Ludlow-Much Wenlock District #5 (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (52.5° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 11.8° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Overton Formation, Ludfordian (421.3 - 418.7 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] more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8299: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.07.2000
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