Where: England, United Kingdom (55.0° N, 1.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.9° N, 7.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Westphalian B (314.6 - 314.6 Ma)
• Coal measures (shale above the Crow Coal). Siltstones above the Hutton Coal, upper Modiolaris zone
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified, nodular, sideritic shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by William Eltringham; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: H. Bolton. 1916. On some insects from the British coal measures. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 72:43-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127286: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 08.05.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Insecta | |
Hypermegethes northumbriae n. sp.
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Arachnida | |
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"Eophrynus varius n. sp." = Pseudokreischeria pococki
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Curculioides eltringhami n. sp.
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"Lichnophthalmus pulcher n. gen. n. sp." = Eoscorpius pulcher, "Europhthalmus longimanus n. gen. n. sp." = Eoscorpius mucronatus
"Lichnophthalmus pulcher n. gen. n. sp." = Eoscorpius pulcher Petrunkevitch 1949 scorpion BMNH In. 39772; In.39770 in Wills, 1959
"Europhthalmus longimanus n. gen. n. sp." = Eoscorpius mucronatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion BMNH In. 39766
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