Gateham Hill (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.1° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 1.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hopedale Limestones Formation, Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, gray lime mudstone

• consists predominantly of grey to pale-grey calcarenitic limestones...during asbian times, a micritic apron-reef facies formed extensive fringing mudbanks on the flanks of this platform [a shallow marine shelf or platform limestone].

Primary reference: J. W. Tilsley. 1988. New data on Carboniferous (Dinantian) trilobites from the Peak District, Derbyshire, England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 47:163-176 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5965: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.01.2000

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Taxonomic list

• Non-trilobites (aside from cephalopods) were not identified but listed as occurences. R = rare (< 5), P = present (5-20), C = common (> 20).
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unclassified
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Cnidaria indet.
Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
"Namuropyge acanthina" = Namuropyge (Coignouina) acanthina, Brachymetopus ornatus
"Namuropyge acanthina" = Namuropyge (Coignouina) acanthina Coignou 1890 trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Reediella granifera, Bollandia obsoleta, Cyrtoproetus michlowensis, Cyrtoproetus cracoensis, Cummingella carringtonensis, Piltonia humilis
Cyrtoproetus cracoensis Reed 1899 trilobite
Piltonia humilis trilobite
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae
Bollandoceras sp.
Bollandoceras sp. Bisat 1952 ammonite