Dudley (BGS coll) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, nodular, sideritic shale

• Fossils commonly contained in ironstone nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Dr. Kidston; reposited in the BGS

• Repository: Geological Survey Museum

Primary reference: R. I. Pocock. 1911. A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain 1-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125071: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Arram Noshirvan on 02.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae
Anthracomartus hindi n. sp. Pocock 1911
MPG 12148