Where: England, United Kingdom (55.0° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.6° N, 14.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Adam Sedgwick
Primary reference: A. Sedgwick. 1829. On the geological relations and internal structure of the Magnesian Limestone, and the lower portions of the New Red Sandstone Series in their range through Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Durham, to the southern extremity of Northumberland. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 3(1):37-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117891: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea" sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Astarte vallisneriana" = Astartella vallisneriana
"Astarte vallisneriana" = Astartella vallisneriana King 1848 clam |