Barfreston Boring (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 11.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• Late Asturian; depth of 1208 feet

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

• Kent coalfield, deposited in Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: core

• Repository: Museum of the Kent Coal Concessions Company, Dover

Primary reference: H. Bolton. 1912. Insect-remains from the Midland and South-Eastern coal measures. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 68:310-323 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127544: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 17.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
"Soomylacris (Etoblattina) burri n. sp." = Mylacris burri
"Soomylacris (Etoblattina) burri n. sp." = Mylacris burri Bolton 1912 cockroach