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Ludlow Series - Whitcliffe - Roman Camp Beds, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
Group | Ludlow Series |
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Formation | Whitcliffe |
Member | Roman Camp Beds |
Age: | 443 - 423 Ma Silurian |
Interval | Silurian - Ludfordian |
Lithology | siltstone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 10 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Upper Roman Camp Beds | Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK | Ludlow Series - Whitcliffe - Roman Camp Beds |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Blue Lias | 197 - 164 Ma Jurassic | lime mudstone/marl, lime mudstone, "limestone", "shale", mudstone, "shale"/"limestone", claystone, "limestone"/marl | 343 |
Lower Old Red Sandstone - Downtonian - Long Quarry Beds | 426 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | siltstone | 6 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Plantae kingdom | Plantae | 443.4 - 423 Ma Silurian |
Cooksonia sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cooksoniaceae : Cooksonia | 443.4 - 423 Ma Silurian |
Cooksonia hemisphaerica species | Plantae : Cooksonia : Cooksonia hemisphaerica | 443.4 - 423 Ma Silurian |
Nematothallus sp. genus | Plantae : Nematothallus | 443.4 - 423 Ma Silurian |
Prototaxites sp. genus | Prototaxites | 443.4 - 423 Ma Silurian |
Dictyocaris sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Dictyocaris | 443.4 - 423 Ma Silurian |
References
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!