Also known as Bullion seam

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 2.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 5.3° S, 4.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• "the Union seam splits into the Upper Foot or Bullion seam above and the Lower Main or Gannister seam below" (Galtier 1997)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coal and coal ball

Preservation: permineralized

Primary reference: J. Galtier. 1997. Coal-ball floras of the Namurian-Westphalian of Europe. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 95:51-72 [H. Sims/J. Cassara/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37376: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 14.03.2004

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