PBDB Collection

Coseley, near Dudley (Johnson 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)

• Middle Coal Measures (binds between the "Brooch" and "Thick" coals). Westphalian B, Duckmantian, according to recent papers.

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

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 The extensional tectonics of the early Carboniferous had been superseded by a phase of thermal subsidence, caused by the cooling of the asthenosphere beneath tectonically thinned lithosphere.

• Fossils commonly contained in ironstone nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: H. Woodward. 1887. Some new British Carboniferous cockroaches. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 4:49-58 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125238: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 07.03.2012, edited by Lindy Edwards and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
Trigonotarbida - Trigonotarbidae	Trigonotarbus johnsoni⁵ Trigonotarbus johnsoni⁵ Pocock 1911 BMNH I.15859, 15860, 15897
Trigonotarbida - Anthracosironidae	Anthracosiro fritschii n. sp.⁷, Anthracosiro woodwardi n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Anthracosiro fritschii n. sp.⁷ Pocock 1903 BMNH I.1556 Anthracosiro woodwardi n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Pocock 1903 BMNH I.1551; I.1554 in Pocock, 1903b; I.1552 in Petrunkevitch 1949
Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae	"Cryptomartus priesti" = Anthracomartus priesti⁵, "Cleptomartus plautus n. sp." = Anthracomartus priesti⁵ "Cryptomartus priesti" = Anthracomartus priesti⁵ Pocock 1911 BMNH In. 15858 "Cleptomartus plautus n. sp." = Anthracomartus priesti⁵ Pocock 1911 BMNH In. 15896, 15857, 15884, 15895, 15898
Haptopoda - Plesiosironidae	Plesiosiro madeleyi⁵ Plesiosiro madeleyi⁵ Pocock 1911 BMNH In. 15899
Amblypygi - Weygoldtinidae	"Graeophonus anglicus" = Weygoldtina anglica⁸ "Graeophonus anglicus" = Weygoldtina anglica⁸ Pocock 1911 whip spider
Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae	Goniotarbus tuberculatus⁵ Goniotarbus tuberculatus⁵ phalangiotarbid BMNH In. 15864
Opiliones - Archaeometidae	Archaeometa nephilina⁵ Archaeometa nephilina⁵ Pocock 1911 harvestman BMNH In. 15863
Scorpiones -	"Pseudobuthiscorpius labiosus n. gen. n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis⁴, "Compsoscorpius elongatus n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis⁵ "Pseudobuthiscorpius labiosus n. gen. n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis⁴ Pocock 1911 scorpion BMNH Johnson I.1555 "Compsoscorpius elongatus n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis⁵ Pocock 1911 scorpion BMNH In. 15862
Insecta
Blattodea - Archimylacridae	Archimylacris incisa n. sp.² Archimylacris incisa n. sp.² Bolton 1922 cockroach BMNH Johnson Collection, no. I. 15900
Blattodea -	Leptoblattina exilis n. sp. Leptoblattina exilis n. sp. Woodward 1887 cockroach BMNH Johnson Collection 1065, 1066
Blattodea - Necymylacridae	"Etoblattina johnsoni n. sp." = Aphthoroblattina johnsoni "Etoblattina johnsoni n. sp." = Aphthoroblattina johnsoni Woodward 1887 cockroach BMNH Johnson Collection, no. I. 1067
Protorthoptera -	Ptenodera dubius n. gen. n. sp.², Pruvostia spectabilis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Ptenodera dubius n. gen. n. sp.² Bolton 1922 winged insect BMNH Johnson Collection, no. I. 1559 Pruvostia spectabilis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Bolton 1921 winged insect BMNH Johnson Collection, no. I. 15894
Orthoptera - Oedischiidae	Xeroptera obtusata n. gen. n. sp.² Xeroptera obtusata n. gen. n. sp.² Bolton 1922 grasshopper BMNH Johnson Collection, no. I. 1558
Dicondylia -	Coselia palmiformis n. gen. n. sp.² Coselia palmiformis n. gen. n. sp.² Bolton 1922 winged insect BMNH Johnson Collection, no. I. 15893
Megasecoptera - Brodiidae	"Brodia fasciata n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta³, "Brodia nympha n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta³ "Brodia fasciata n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta³ Scudder 1881 winged insect BMNH I.1557 "Brodia nympha n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta³ Scudder 1881 winged insect BMNH I.1563, 1564
Myriapoda
Euphoberiida - Euphoberiidae	Myriacantherpestes sp.⁹, Euphoberia ferox¹⁰ Myriacantherpestes sp.⁹ Burke 1979 millipede BMNH I.1550 Euphoberia ferox¹⁰ Salter 1863 millipede

¹Bolton 1921; ²Bolton 1922; ³Handlirsch 1919; ⁴Kjellesvig-Waering 1986; ⁵Petrunkevitch 1949; ⁶Pocock 1903; ⁷Pocock 1903; ⁸Pocock 1911; ⁹Wilson 2005; ¹⁰Woodward 1887