Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 9.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Radstock Formation, Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)
• Precise horizon cannot be determined because the waste material from no fewer than five collieries is thrown upon the Tyning wate-heap
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by E.A. Newell Arber in 1912; reposited in the CAS
Primary reference: H. Bolton. 1914. On the occurrence of a giant dragon-fly in the Radstock Coal Measures. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 278:119-127 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127035: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Meganeura radstockensis n. sp." = Boltonites radstockensis
"Meganeura radstockensis n. sp." = Boltonites radstockensis Bolton 1914 griffinfly |