Dodworth, near Barnsley (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parkgate Coal Formation, Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Coal Measures, Anthraconaia modiolaris zone

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray, green shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the BGS

• Repository: Geological Survey Museum (now BGS)

Primary reference: L. J. Wills. 1959. The external anatomy of some Carboniferous "scorpions" part 1. Palaeontology 1:261-282 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153554: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae
Eoscorpius mucronatus n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion
GSM PF 1392(1393) (formerly GSM Za.2842)