Where: Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (52.9° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 8.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)
• Kilburn coal, Lower similis-pulchra chronozone according to Legg et al., 2012
Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, nodular, sideritic shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Geological Sciences, London (GSM)
Primary reference: L. J. Wills. 1960. The external anatomy of some Carboniferous "scorpions" part 2. Palaeontology 3:276-332 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153539: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Scorpiones indet., "Buthiscorpius major n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis
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