Sadgley (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Sedgley

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.5° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)

• Mittleres Obercarbon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified lithology not reported

• Pennine Basin. The extensional tectonics of the early Carboniferous had been superseded by a phase of thermal subsidence, caused by the cooling of the asthenosphere beneath tectonically thinned lithosphere.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124221: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 08.02.2012, edited by Jered Karr

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
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"Palaeodictyopteron" anglicanum n. sp.
"Palaeodictyopteron" anglicanum n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 insect
USNM 38109 labeled "?Leptoblattina exilis Woodw."