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Bedinan

FormationBedinan
Member(s)Lower Shale
Upper Shale
Age:461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
IntervalCaradoc
Lithologymudstone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences15

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Locality Yo. 242Gilan Province, IranBedinan - Lower Shale
B.2 at the section south-west of BedinanMoravica District, Central Serbia, SerbiaBedinan
A.2. 1 kilometer west of SosinkSyriaBedinan

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Bedinan - Lower Shale461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
shale/siltstone, sandstone/"shale"17
Bedinan - Upper Shale461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
sandstone2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Plumulites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Phyllodocida : Plumulites460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ostracoda
class
3Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Nobiliasaphus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Nobiliasaphus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Dionide formosa anatolica
subspecies
7.3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Dionididae : Dionide : Dionide formosa : Dionide formosa anatolica460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ampyx sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Raphiophoridae : Ampyx460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Cryptolithus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae : Cryptolithus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Deanaspis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae : Deanaspis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Deanaspis bedinanensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae : Deanaspis : Deanaspis bedinanensis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Selenopeltis inermis angusticeps
subspecies
7.3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Odontopleuridae : Selenopeltis : Selenopeltis inermis : Selenopeltis inermis angusticeps460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Kloucekia phillipsii euroa
subspecies
7.3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Acastidae : Kloucekia : Kloucekia phillipsii : Kloucekia phillipsii euroa460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Neseuretinus birmanicus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Neseuretinus : Neseuretinus birmanicus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Dalmanitina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Dalmanitina460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Dreyfussina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Dreyfussina460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Calymenella boisseli
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Calymenella : Calymenella boisseli460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Colpocoryphe sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Colpocoryphe460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Colpocoryphe grandis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Colpocoryphe : Colpocoryphe grandis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Svobodaina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Heterorthidae : Svobodaina460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Aegiromena sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Aegiromena460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Bryozoa
phylum
2Animalia : Bryozoa460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Graptolithina
class
3Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Climacograptus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hemichordata : Pterobranchia : Diplograptidae : Climacograptus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Bivalvia
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Redonia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Redoniidae : Redonia460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Gastropoda
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Sinuites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sinuitidae : Sinuites460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ribeiria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Ribeirioida : Technophoridae : Ribeiria460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Dean W. T. (1967) The correlation and trilobite fauna of the Bedinan Formation (Ordovician) in southeastern Turkey, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series 15, 81-123
Dean W.T. (1983) Additional faunal data for the Bedinan Formation (Ordovician) of south-eastern Turkey, Special Papers in Palaeontology 30, 89-105
Anonymous Z. Z. (2018) Subspecies kluges: a pointless taxonomic database to create species opinions for subspecies that then will be over-ruled and allow subspecies to be recognized
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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