Where: England, United Kingdom (53.0° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° S, 8.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Coal Measures Formation, Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)
• About 30-40 feet below the Top Hard Coal. Lower similis-pulchra zone according to Petrunkevitch (1953).
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified, ferruginous, nodular claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by L. Moysey; reposited in the BGS
• Formerly in Museum of Practical Geology (museum of Geological Survey), now presumably at BGS
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 127218: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 04.05.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pteronidia plicatula n. gen. n. sp.1
Pteronidia plicatula n. gen. n. sp.1 Bolton 1912 winged insect Moysey Collection, Museum of Practical Geology 30224/30225
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Cryptovenia moyseyi n. gen. n. sp.1
Cryptovenia moyseyi n. gen. n. sp.1 Bolton 1912 winged insect Moysey Collection, Museum of Practical Geology 30226/30227
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"Orthocosta splendens n. gen. n. sp." = Boltonocosta splendens1
"Orthocosta splendens n. gen. n. sp." = Boltonocosta splendens1 Bolton 1912 winged insect Moysey Collection, Museum of Practical Geology 30222/30223
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Myriapoda | |
Arthropleura moyseyi n. sp.2
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Arachnida | |
Anthracosiro sp.4 Pocock 1903
Anthracosiro woodwardi4 Pocock 1903 BGS 30239 (Fig 10 in Moysey); also part of Moysey's A. fritschii: 30234 (Fig 7 in Moysey), 30237/8 (Fig 8 in Moysey)
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Paraisobuthus duobicarinatus n. sp.3
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Xiphosura | |
"Prestwichia sp." = Prestwichianella4
"Prestwichia sp." = Prestwichianella4 Woodward 1918 |