Trowell Colliery (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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

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Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Scorpiones -
Scorpiones indet., "Buthiscorpius major n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis
Scorpiones indet. Latreille 1817 scorpion
GSM Za 2925
"Buthiscorpius major n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis Pocock 1911 scorpion
GSM Za 2926