Kent Coalfield, Ripple Boring (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 10.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)

• Shales at a depth of 954 feet [1028 feet in Bolton, 1912]

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

• Deposited in Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: core

• Repository: Museum of the Kent Coal Concessions Company, Dover

Primary reference: H. Bolton. 1912. Insect-remains from the Midland and South-Eastern coal measures. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 68:310-323 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127542: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 17.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Phyloblatta sp. Handlirsch 1906 winged insect